Spanish Drawings from the British Museum

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Madrid Guide

When somebody travel to the capital of Spain, the city what laid on the Mezeta, to Madrid, there are several interesting programs on the whole year. In the Mediterranean city it worth to see the amazing buildings, like the Plaza Real or the San Francisco el Grande Church, the city’s most famous center, the Puerta del Sol and the most famous museums, for example the Museo del Prado.

The Prado Museum is the national museum of Madrid, where there are great permanent and temporary exhibitions all the time. One of these fantastic exhibitions the “Spanish Drawings from the British Museum”, what shows 200 pictures from the 16th century to the 20th century, and it can be seen between 20 March 2013 and 16 June 2013. Drawings of renaissance artists, works of creators from Spain and other nations, for example from Italy, and the famous Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya’s masterpieces. The creators of the exhibited pictures for example Alonso Berruguete, Spanish painter from the 16th century, Vicente Carducho and Alonso Cano, Madrid artists from the 17th century, José Camarón from the 18th century, and naturally the already mentioned Goya.

Do not miss this memorable exhibition in the Prado Museum between 20 March 2013 and 16 June 2013 in the capital of Spain, Madrid. If you like arts and you are curious about the works of four centuries; this exhibition is just for you! Have a great time!

Spanish Drawings from the British Museum
March 20th – June 16th
Prado Museum

Juan Fernández el Labrador exhibition at the Prado Museum

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Madrid Guide

Maybe not everyone knows the famous Spanish painter, Juan Fernández el Labrador’s name, but he left back beautiful masterpieces from the 17th century. He was known as “El Labrador”. The baroque painter worked between 1629 and 1636, and he was mostly known because of his still life works. Are you curious about the artist’s most beautiful works? Than read this article, because you can know more about the next exhibition.

In the Prado Museum in Madrid people can see a fantastic exhibition of the works of El Labrador between 12 March 2013 and 16 June 2013. The beautiful still life works charm everybody, so it doesn’t matter if visitors don’t know the artist.

Tourists, who travel to Madrid, want to see the central square of the Spanish’s capital, the Puerta del Sol, the Plaza de Oriente with the Palacio Real and the Catedral de la Almudena, and naturally the Spanish national museum, the Prado Museum. Moreover, those, who visit to the Prado, can see the still life works of El Labrador, which could be a fantastic experience. If you are one of the lucky tourists, who can spend some days in the capital of Spain until 16 June, do not miss the listed program opportunities, especially the exhibition of Juan Fernández el Labrador’s works. If you adore arts and culture, and you mostly like still life, than this is a program for you!

Juan Fernández el Labrador exhibition
Prado Museum
March 12th – June 16th

Van Dyck in Madrid

Posted on January 24, 2013January 24, 2013 by Madrid Guide

The capital of Spain, Madrid, the city on the grand Meseta is waiting for all visitors with several interesting sightseeing experiences. We can talk about the famous Puerta del Sol, the Plaza Mayor or the Retiro Park, but we have to say some world about Madrid’s famous museum, the Prado Museum.

The Prado Museum’s new temporary exhibition is of course the exhibition of the young Anton Van Dyck’s masterpieces. Anton Van Dyck is a Fleming painter who was born in 1599. His master was the famous Peter Paul Rubens. Van Dyck wasn’t just a pupil of Rubens, he was the right hand of the Master, and after that he was a portrait painter in the court of the British king, Charles the I.

The Prado Museum Madrid primarily shows the famous painter’s masterpieces from the early ages to the visitors. These paintings mostly illustrate historical events and we could see clearly the influence of Rubens on them. Together with the works from the Prado’s own collection we will also be able to see pieces from other collections, such as Saint Jerome in the Desert, from the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, and Christ’s Entry into Jerusalem, from the Indianapolis Museum of Art. These masterpieces was made before Van Dyck’s journey to Italy, so we could see masterpieces before the inspirations of this trip. The trying of a starter painter give an amazing experience to the visitors.

The starting of the exhibition is 20 November 2012 and the end is 31 March 2013. Enjoy the Flemish artist’s masterpieces about history and mythology in the Prado Museum, Madrid.

More information about the exhibition:

Opening time: From Monday to Saturday, between 10 AM and 8 PM, on Sundays between 10 AM and 7 PM.
Transportation:
Bus: 9, 10, 14, 19, 27, 34, 37, 45
Metro: Atocha (L1)/ Banco de España (L2)
Tickets: General tickets: 12 Euro, Reduced tickets: 6 Euro

Have a culture shock in Madrid!

Late Raphael

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Madrid Guide

This year between the 12th of June and the 16th of September a great collection of Raphael’s latest paintings are going to be in the famous museum of Madrid, the Prado museum. Raphael is one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance and this exhibition’s goal is to show his latest works.

Late Raphael
12th June-16th September
Prado Museum Madrid

Sacred Stories in the Museo del Prado

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Madrid Guide

The exhibition Sacred Stories has a subtitle named: “Paintings by Spanish Artists in Rome (1852-1864)”. In this exhibition you can see paintings from Spanish painters and see how they felt about Rome in a period when Rome was loosing its status very much as a holy city. This exhibition can be seen in the Prado Museum in Madrid until January 27th, 2013.

Sacred Stories in the Museo del Prado
January 23, 2012 – January 27, 2013

Madrid Museums