Prado Museum

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The Prado Museum is Spain’s premier national art museum, renowned for its vast collection of European masterpieces from the 12th to the early 20th century, including works by Velázquez, Goya, and El Greco.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
national museum
tourist attraction
alsoKnownAs Museo del Prado
architect Juan de Villanueva
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
collectionEndPeriod early 20th century
collectionFocus European painting
European sculpture
decorative arts
collectionSizePaintings over 7000
collectionSizeSculptures over 1000
collectionStartPeriod 12th century
country Spain
hasWorkBy Albrecht Dürer
Caravaggio
Diego Velázquez
El Greco
Francisco de Goya
Hieronymus Bosch
Murillo
Peter Paul Rubens
Raphael
Ribera
Tintoretto
Titian
Veronese
Zurbarán
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences"
inception 1819
languageOfName Spanish
locatedIn Jerónimos neighborhood
Madrid
Paseo del Prado
nearbyAttraction Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
notableFor Spanish Golden Age painting
royal collections of the Spanish monarchy
notableWork Las Meninas
The Clothed Maja
The Descent from the Cross (Rogier van der Weyden)
The Garden of Earthly Delights
The Naked Maja
The Third of May 1808
The Triumph of Bacchus
officialWebsite https://www.museodelprado.es
operatedBy Patronato del Museo del Prado
originalName Museo Real de Pinturas
ownedBy Spanish State
partOf Paseo del Arte
visitorCountRank one of the most visited art museums in the world

Referenced by (27)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
La Maja Desnuda ("Museo del Prado collection")
La Maja Vestida ("Museo del Prado")
The Second of May 1808 ("Museo Nacional del Prado collection")
The Third of May 1808 ("Museo del Prado collection")
collection
La Maja Desnuda ("Museo del Prado")
Saturn Devouring His Son ("Museo del Prado")
The Second of May 1808 ("Museo del Prado")
The Third of May 1808 ("Museo del Prado")
location
Jerónimos
Jerónimos ("Museo del Prado")
hasLandmark
Hyacinthe Rigaud ("Museo del Prado")
Peter Paul Rubens
hasWorkInCollection
Prado Museum ("Museo del Prado")
alsoKnownAs
Reina Sofía Museum
artTriangleWith
Los Caprichos
collectionHeldAt
Community of Madrid
contains
The Black Paintings ("Museo del Prado")
currentLocation
The Second of May 1808 ("Museo del Prado, Madrid")
exhibitionVenue
Calle Felipe IV, Madrid ("Prado Museum (vicinity access)")
hasCulturalInstitution
Madrid
hosts
La Maja Vestida ("Museo del Prado")
locatedIn
Church of San Jerónimo el Real
locatedNear
The Disasters of War
locationOfImpression
La Maja Vestida ("Prado collection of Goya paintings")
museumInventory
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
neighboringInstitution
Prado Museum ("Museo Real de Pinturas")
originalName
Church of San Jerónimo el Real ("Museo del Prado")
proximityToLandmark

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