VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva yLas Meninas (detail)1656-57Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid

VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva yLas Meninas (detail)1656-57Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid

VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva yLas Meninas (detail)1656-57Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid

VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva yLas Meninas or The Family of Philip IV1656-57Oil on canvas, 318 x 276 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

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ANGELICO, FraThe Annunciation1430-32Tempera on wood, 194 x 194 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

ANGELICO, FraThe Annunciation (detail)1430-32Tempera on woodMuseo del Prado, Madrid

BOSCH, HieronymusTriptych of Garden of Earthly Delightsc. 1500Oil on panel, central panel: 220 x 195 cm, wings: 220 x 97 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

BOSCH, HieronymusTriptych of Garden of Earthly Delights (detail)c. 1500Oil on panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

BOSCH, HieronymusTriptych of Garden of Earthly Delights (detail)c. 1500Oil on panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

BOSCH, HieronymusTriptych of Garden of Earthly Delights (detail)c. 1500Oil on panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

BOSCH, HieronymusTriptych of Garden of Earthly Delights (detail)c. 1500Oil on panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

DÜRER, AlbrechtSelf-Portrait at 261498Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

DÜRER, AlbrechtSelf-Portrait at 26 (detail)1498Oil on panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

DYCK, Sir Anthony vanSir Endymion Porter and the Artist1632-41Oil on canvas, 110 x 114 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

GRECO, ElNobleman with his Hand on his Chest1583-85Oil on canvas, 81 x 66 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

GRECO, ElNobleman with his Hand on his Chest (detail)1583-85Oil on canvas, 81 x 66 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

GRECO, ElNobleman with his Hand on his Chest (detail)1583-85Oil on canvas, 81 x 66 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

JUAN DE FLANDESThe Crucifixion1509 - 1519 Oil on panel, 123 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid

JUAN DE FLANDESThe Crucifixion (detail)1509 - 1519 Oil on panel, 123 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid

RAFFAELLO SanzioPortrait of a Cardinal1510-11Oil on wood, 79 x 61 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

RAFFAELLO SanzioPortrait of a Cardinal (detail)1510-11Oil on wood, 79 x 61 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnArtemisia1634Oil on canvas, 142 x 152 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnArtemisia (detail)1634Oil on canvas, 142 x 152 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van RijnArtemisia (detail)1634Oil on canvas, 142 x 152 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

RIBERA, Jusepe deJacob's Dream1639Oil on canvas, 179 x 233 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

RIBERA, Jusepe deJacob's Dream (detail)1639Oil on canvas, 179 x 233 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

RUBENS, Peter PaulThe Three Graces1639Oil on wood, 221 x 181 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

RUBENS, Peter PaulThe Three Graces1639Oil on wood, 221 x 181 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

TIEPOLO, Giovanni BattistaThe Immaculate Conception1767-69Oil on canvas, 279 x 152 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

TIEPOLO, Giovanni BattistaThe Immaculate Conception (detail)1767-69Oil on canvas, 279 x 152 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

TIEPOLO, Giovanni BattistaThe Immaculate Conception (detail)1767-69Oil on canvas, 279 x 152 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

TIZIANO VecellioVenus with Organist and Cupid1548Oil on canvas, 148 x 217 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

TIZIANO VecellioVenus with Organist and Cupid (detail)1548Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid

WEYDEN, Rogier van derDepositionc. 1435Oil on oak panel, 220 x 262 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

WEYDEN, Rogier van derDeposition (detail)c. 1435Oil on oak panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

WEYDEN, Rogier van derDeposition (detail)c. 1435Oil on oak panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

WEYDEN, Rogier van derDeposition (detail)c. 1435Oil on oak panelMuseo del Prado, Madrid

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco deThe Clothed Maja (La Maja Vestida)1800-03Oil on canvas, 97 x 190 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco deThe Clothed Maja (La Maja Vestida) (detail)1800-03Oil on canvas, 97 x 190 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco deThe Nude Maja (La Maja Desnuda)1799-1800Oil on canvas, 97 x 190 cmMuseo del Prado, Madrid

GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco deThe Nude Maja (detail)1799-1800Oil on canvasMuseo del Prado, Madrid

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The Prado Museum is Spain's national museum of art in Madrid, founded in 1818 by Ferdinand VII and opened to the public in 1819.

The building, one of the finest examples of Spanish Neoclassical architecture, had been intended for a Museum of Natural Science but had never served that purpose.

The major part of the collection derives from the royal collections made in the

course of three centuries by the Habsburg and Bourbon kings of Spain, who were some Museo del Prado of the most discriminating and lavish patrons in Europe.

The museum is remarkable less for comprehensiveness than for unequalled representation in certain fields. Above all, it contains what is far and away the

world's greatest collection of Spanish painting, El Greco, Velázquez, and Goya, being supremely well represented. It is among the richest of all museums in works

by Hieronymus Bosch and Titian, and has superb collections of Tintoretto, Veronese, Rubens, and van Dyck.