When the Museo del Prado opened to the public on 19
November 1819, a special pass was required to visit the three rooms
crammed with over 200 art works. Today, this extraordinary museum, which
houses ten times more paintings than it did initially, can be visited
from the comfort of your home thanks to this volume, full of
masterpieces and details that highlight the often overlooked aspects of
the works. Spanish painting features above all El Greco, Velázquez and
Goya, as well as Flemish and Dutch painting by Van der Weyden, Hans
Memling, Rubens and Van Dyck and the Italian art of Raphael, Titian,
Tintoretto, Veronese, Tiepolo, Canaletto, Guardi. An index of names and
biographies of the main artists conclude the volume.
