Museo Nacional de San Carlos

Museo Nacional de San Carlos

Oval patio of the museum
Location Colonia Tabacalera, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Website www.mnsancarlos.com/

The Museo Nacional de San Carlos (English: National Museum of San Carlos) is a Mexican national art museum devoted to European art, located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in Mexico City. The museum is housed in the Palacio del Conde de Buenavista, a neoclassical building at Puente de Alvarado No. 50, Colonia Tabacalera, Mexico City. It contains works by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Parmigianino, Frans Hals, Anthony van Dyck, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Auguste Rodin and other well-known European painters and sculptors.

The institution

The museum was founded in 1968 by the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura to house the collection of European art.

Directors

The collection

Paintings

Sculptures

Other

References

  1. "Internationally Renowned Director to Lead The San Diego Museum of Art" (in Spanish). San Diego Museum of Art. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  2. "Anuncia el INBA cambios en la dirección de museos y coordinaciones" (in Spanish). La Cronica de Hoy. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  3. "Carmen Gaitán será la nueva directora del Museo Nacional de San Carlos". Milenio.com. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.

Coordinates: 19°26′18″N 99°09′07″W / 19.4382°N 99.1520°W / 19.4382; -99.1520

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