The Prado Museum

Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio), Ecce Homo, around 1605-09. Detail.
Prado to Display Newly Discovered Caravaggio Painting

A small painting depicting Jesus in a crown of thorns before crucifixion will go on view at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid (The Prado Museum) by the end of the month. Valued at…

Francisco Goya, Detail of El Tres de Mayo (The Third of May), 1814. Oil on canvas. 106 x 137 in. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Prado Museum's 6 Most Iconic Paintings
The Museo Nacional del Prado, or Prado Museum, was founded in 1819 and is located in Madrid. The collection began with and still significantly consists of items from the Spanish Royal Family’s…