MADRID.- The Minister of Culture, Ángeles González Sinde, yesterday presided over the signing of the agreements between the Museo del Prado, the State Hermitage Museum and the State Society for Cultural Action. These agreements pave the way for an un…
Prado Museum Loses Visitors in 2010 but More Students and Tourists Visit the Museum
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado, in 2010, concluded the third consecutive year surpassing the 2.7 million annual visitors, a figure that was reached for the first time since the opening of its expansion. The final number of visitors received by the Museum…
The Museo del Prado Publishes First Multi-Interactive, Online Video Relating to Art
MADRID.-The Museo del Prado published the first multi-interactive, online video relating to art. Entitled “Rubens 360º”, this initiative, which is a pioneering one in the context of museum websites, is another landmark within the Prado’…
The Museo del Prado Publishes First Multi-Interactive, Online Video Relating to Art
MADRID.-The Museo del Prado published the first multi-interactive, online video relating to art. Entitled “Rubens 360º”, this initiative, which is a pioneering one in the context of museum websites, is another landmark within the Prado’…
New Collaborative Agreement Between the Museo del Prado and the Japanese Media Group Yomiuri Shimbun
MADRID.- The Museo del Prado and the Japanese media group Yomiuri Shimbun today signed a collaborative agreement relating to the organisation of the exhibition Goya: light and shade. Masterpieces from the Museo del Prado. It will be held from 22 Octobe…
Spanish Minister of Culture Confirms Acquisition of Painting by Bruegel the Elder for the Prado
MADRID.- The Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde, today presided over a plenary session of the Royal Board of Trustees of the Museo del Prado in which it was unanimously decided to exercise the option to purchase The Wine of Saint Martin’…
For the First Time Ever, The Museo del Prado Exhibits Treasures from Its Library
MADRID.- The exhibition is organized into three sections. The first, Bibliotheca artis (Library of Art), is the most important, featuring major works from the European literature on art, starting with the great treatises of the Italian Renaissance. On …
The Museo del Prado Identifies an Unknown Work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
MADRID.- The Wine of Saint Martin’s Day (glue-size tempera on linen, 148 x 270.5cm, ca.1565-1568) is a previously unknown work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the key figure within 16th-century Flemish painting. It has been attributed to the artist b…
The Museo del Prado Identifies an Unknown Work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
MADRID.- The Wine of Saint Martin’s Day (glue-size tempera on linen, 148 x 270.5cm, ca.1565-1568) is a previously unknown work by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the key figure within 16th-century Flemish painting. It has been attributed to the artist b…
Turner and The Masters Opens at the Museo del Prado
MADRID.- Having already been seen in London and
Paris, Turner and the Masters will now be shown at the Museo del Prado in
Madrid. Its aim is to reveal to visitors the extent of Turner’s links with other
historically important artists and t…