The Prado Museum The Prado Museum in Madrid is considered one of the most famous art museums in Europe, along with the Louvre in Paris and the British Museum in London. Every year the museum is visited by about 2 million tourists. The building itself is a museum, built in 1785, is an outstanding monument of architecture. At the beginning called the Royal Museum of the Prado was founded wife Isabella Braganskoy Fernando VII in 1819. The collection consists of 8600 paintings available to the public only about 2,000 jobs.
Originally conceived as a museum exhibition of works by Spanish artists. The display is a collection of paintings owned by Queen Isabella Braganskoy, after her death almost all the Spanish monarchs have in meeting their share, and now Prado has collections of Italian, Flemish, German, Dutch and French masters of the XV-XIII centuries. Spanish School in the Prado is represented by: Berruguete, Murillo and El Greco. Deserves special attention Diego Velazquez. In the Prado is the most complete collection of his paintings: "Surrender of Breda ',' Las Meninas', 'spinner', portraits of the king's jester and the king Philip IV, surrounded by his family. The most fully exhibited in the Prado and the work of Francisco Goya, who, like Velazquez, court painter was the Acknowledgment.
Goya in the museum collection includes about 30 paintings, which cover all periods of his career. Among works of Goya paintings stand out: "Family of Charles IV ',' Shooting in the night of 2 May 3, 1808 ',' Dressed maha ',' Nude Maha '. Italian museum collection includes priceless paintings by Fra Angelico, Sandro Botticelli, Giorgione, Paolo Veronese, Jacopo Tintoretto. Among the Italian artists represented in the Prado, the leading role belongs to Titian and Raphael, whom the Spanish court considered the greatest masters of Italy. Of the German masters should noted by Albrecht Durer, as well as the world's largest collection of paintings by Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch ('Garden of Delights', 'Seven Deadly Sins', etc.) are also stored in the Prado magnificent collection of ancient coins, rare porcelain and the royal jewels. In order to familiarize themselves with all these art artistic creations, you will need more than one day. However, to get an idea of the wealth of the meeting can be by reading with only one exposure, located in the central building. Galadali