Madrid Trip Overview
The Prado Museum is considered one of the greatest art museums in the world, containing an enormous number of works. Together with your guide, you will tour these masterpieces, with explanations of each work provided to you by your experienced guide. You will span in detail this great collection of European western art, from the 12th to the 19th century.
Besides works of the major artists like Hieronymus Bosch, Raphael, El Greco, Rubens, Roger Van der Weyden and Dürer, you will get to know everything of Spain’s most famous painters; Goya and Velazquez. You will encounter “The Third of May 1808” which, complete in 1814, is about the execution by Napoleon’s troops painted by Goya with great drama in which he contrasts the coldness of the soldiers in gray uniforms with the colorful anonymous citizens who are going to die.
You will also discover the most famous work of Velazquez, “Las Meninas”, which has been the inspiration for later artists like Goya and Picasso.
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* Duration: 2 hours
* Starts: Madrid, Spain
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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The Prado Museum is considered one of the greatest art museums in the world, containing an enormous number of works. Together with your guide, you will tour these masterpieces, with explanations of each work provided to you by your experienced guide. You will span in detail this great collection of European western art, from the 12th to the 19th century.
Besides works of the major artists like Hieronymus Bosch, Raphael, El Greco, Rubens, Roger Van der Weyden and Dürer, you will get to know everything of Spain’s most famous painters; Goya and Velazquez. You will encounter “The Third of May 1808” which, complete in 1814, is about the execution by Napoleon’s troops painted by Goya with great drama in which he contrasts the coldness of the soldiers in gray uniforms with the colorful anonymous citizens who are going to die.
You will also discover the most famous work of Velazquez, “Las Meninas”, which has been the inspiration for later artists like Goya and Picasso.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Prado National Museum, Calle Ruiz de Alarcon 23, 28014 Madrid Spain
A private tour of the Prado Museum in which your guide will explain to you everything about the masterpieces of this incredible gallery. You will discover famous works from artists such as Rubens, Velazquez, Goya, Hieronymus Bosch, Raphael and El Greco.
Duration: 2 hours
