Museu de Belles Arts de València
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The Museu de Belles Arts de València (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 also houses a large series of engravings by Giovan Battista Piranesi.
The museum is housed 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.
El Greco
El Greco was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, a reference to his ethnic Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος .El Greco was born on Crete, which was at...
, Goya's Playing Children, Gonzalo Pérez
Gonzalo Pérez
Gonzalo Pérez, or Gonçal Peris Sarrià, was a Catalan painter of the first half of the 15th century. His life is scarcely documented. He executed altarpieces and devotional paintings in his hometown, Valencia, in the late Gothic style from 1380 and 1451...
's Altarpiece of Sts. Ursula, Martin and Antony and a Madonna with Writing Child and Bishop
Madonna with Writing Child and Bishop
The Madonna with Writing Child and Bishop is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Pinturicchio, painted around 1495 and housed in the Museu de Belles Arts of Valencia, Spain....
by the Italian Renaissance master Pinturicchio
Pinturicchio
Bernardino di Betto, called Pintoricchio or Pinturicchio was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He acquired his nickname, Pintoricchio , because of his small stature, and he used it to sign some of his works....
. It also houses a large series of engravings by Giovan Battista Piranesi.
The museum is housed 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.