The Museu de Belles Arts de València (Valencian pronunciation: [muˈzɛw ðe ˈbeʎez ˈaɾdz de vaˈlensi.a]; 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 houses a large series of engravings by Giovan Battista Piranesi.
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Established | 24 July 1913 |
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Location | 9 San Pío V street – Valencia, (Spain) |
Coordinates | 39°28′44″N 0°22′16″W / 39.479°N 0.371°W |
Type | Art museum |
Curator | Generalitat Valenciana |
Website | museobellasartesvalencia |
The museum is 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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Coronación de la Virgen en presencia de San Pedro y San Pablo. Unknown master.
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San Lucas incorporado al Colegio Apostólico. Unknown master.
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San Lucas recibiendo de la Virgen su Verónica. Unknown master.
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Verònica. Gonzalo Pérez.
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The Flagellation. Vrancke van der Stockt.
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St James and St Giles Abad. Jacomart.
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Cristo ante Pilatos.Francisco de Osona.
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Passion Triptych. Follower of Hieronymus Bosch.
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Flagellation. Hernando de los Llanos.
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Presentation of the Virgin to the Temple. Calzada Master.
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Christ the Saviour. Juan de Juanes.
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The Adoration of the Shepherds. Pieter Coecke van Aelst.
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Aparición de Cristo resucitado a la Virgen. Fernando Yanez de la Almedina.
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Pietà. Master of Artes.
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The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah. Circle of Maerten de Vos.
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Nursing Madonna. Bartolomé Bermejo.
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Virgen de la Leche con el niño Jesús, San Juanito y un Ángel. Vincente Juan Macip.
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Saint Agata. Massimo Stanzione.
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Saint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene and a Maid. Matthias Stom.
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Resurrección de Cristo. Fernando Yanez de la Almedina.
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St. Michael the Archangel. Miguel Esteve.
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Saul atentando contra David. Francisco Fernández.
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Self Portrait. Diego Velázquez.
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Marina con torre y barcas. Jan van Goyen.
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Martirio de San Bartolomé. Luca Giordano.
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Embarcadero. Circle of Adrien Manglard.
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Portrait of Francisco Bayeu. Francisco Goya.
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Ramón María Narváez, primer duque de Valencia, Vicente López Portaña.
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Grupa valenciana. Joaquín Sorolla.
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish)