Museo del Prado, A treasure trove of masterpieces from Spanish art history

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Each one is a masterpiece of art

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Introduction

The Prado Museum is one of the world's most famous museums and one of Madrid's most popular attractions. It collects the best works of Spanish art from the 16th to the 19th century, including works by famous artists such as Velazquez, Goya, and Greco, as well as works by many foreign Renaissance painters such as Tintoretto of the Italian Venetian school, Rubens of the German Baroque school, and Hieronymus Bosch of the Dutch surrealism painters. The museum's collection contains over 27,509 works, including 7,825 oil paintings, which is a lot for visitors to take in. Unlike large museums like the Louvre in Paris and the National Gallery in London, which collect works from different eras and different stylistic schools, the works in the Prado Museum were donated by the royal family, so the styles are relatively similar. The Prado Museum was first built by King Carlos III in 1786 and opened to the public in 1819. Many famous painters such as Monet, Renoir, Lautrec, Picasso, Matisse, and Dali have visited the museum and been influenced by the styles of their paintings.