Museu de Belles Arts de València
Museu de Belles Arts de Valéncia | |
 External view of the museum | |
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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 | Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia |
The Museu de Belles Arts de València (Catalan pronunciation: [muˈzɛw ðe ˈbeʎez ˈaɾdz de vaˈlensia]; 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.
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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Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple. Calzada Master. -
Ecce Homo. San Narciso Master. -
The Flagellation. Vrancke van der Stockt workshop. -
Triptych of the Adoration of the Magicians. Master of Public Assistance Museum of Brussels. -
Adoration of the Shepherds. Pieter Coecke van Aelst. -
The Marriage of Tobias and Sarah. Obrador de Maerten de Vos. -
Ramón María Narváez, primer duque de Valencia. Vicente López Portaña.
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