Museu de Belles Arts de València
The Museu de Belles Arts de València (Valencian pronunciation: [muˈzɛw ðe ˈβeʎez ˈaɾdz de vaˈlensia]; Spanish: Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia; English: "Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia") is an art gallery in Valencia, Spain, founded in 1913. It houses some 2,000 works, most dating from the 14th-17th centuries, including a Self portrait of Diego Velázquez, a St. John the Baptist by El Greco, Goya's Playing Children, Gonzalo Pérez's Altarpiece of Sts. Ursula, Martin and Antony and a Madonna with Writing Child and Bishop by the Italian Renaissance master Pinturicchio. It also houses a large series of engravings by Giovan Battista Piranesi.
The museum is housed in the St. Pius V Palace, built in the 17th-18th centuries. It has also sections dedicated to sculpture, to contemporary art and to archaeological findings.
Artworks
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Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple. Calzada Master.
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Ecce Homo. San Narciso Master.
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The Flagellation. Vrancke van der Stockt workshop.
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Triptych of the Adoration of the Magicians. Master of Public Assistance Museum of Brussels.
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Adoration of the Shepherds. Pieter Coecke van Aelst.
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The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah. Obrador de Maerten de Vos.
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Ramón María Narváez, primer duque de Valencia. Vicente López Portaña.
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External links
- Official website (Spanish)
Coordinates: 39°28′44″N 0°22′16″W / 39.479°N 0.371°W