Prado Museum Virtual Tours

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Photo courtesy of Museo Nacional del Prado

Museo Del Prado is an art institution that has existed for 200 years. The origin of this unique museum is a result of the collecting tastes of Spain's 16th- and 17th-century monarchs. They didn't collect to get the biggest art collection, but rather they assembled as many works of their favorite artists as they could. This is why the Prado is referred to as a museum of painters, and not paintings. This type of instinctive collecting also resulted in gaps and explains why some periods are less well represented than others.

Since its foundation in 1819, the Museo del Prado has played a key role in the evolution of art history. It has been crucial for the rediscovery of the Spanish Primitives and emblematic figures such as El Greco, and for positioning Velázquez as the greatest figure in the Spanish pictorial Parnassus. Prado's galleries have inspired a number of avant-garde painters over the past 150 years.

Take a virtual tour of the extensive and breathtaking art collection in the Museo Nacional del Prado today!

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