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Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
A palace on Madrid's Paseo del Prado holds a fine private collection that fills the gaps in the Prado, with paintings from the 1200s to the 1900s from Holbein and Caravaggio to Hopper and Hartley.
History of the museum
Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, one of Europe's great collectors, put together one of the best private collections of art in the 1900s. Spain rented it in 1988 and bought it in 1993, and it is shown in the Villahermosa Palace. His wife Carmen, a Spanish former beauty queen, helped to bring it to Madrid.
Top pieces
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Portrait of Henry VIII Hans Holbein the Younger, 1537 -
Hotel Room Edward Hopper, 1931
In our gallery from here (12)
Portrait of Giovanna TornabuoniDomenico Ghirlandaio · 1480
Christ Among the DoctorsAlbrecht Dürer · 1506
AnnunciationJan van Eyck · 1440
Madonna of the Dry TreePetrus Christus · 1462
Portrait of a KnightVittore Carpaccio · 1510
The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint FrancisPaolo Uccello · 1460
The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town HallPieter de Hooch · 1664
Cross at SunsetThomas Cole · 1848
Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon. Effect of RainCamille Pissarro · 1897
The Piazza San Marco in VeniceGiovanni Antonio Canal · 1723
The Grand Canal from San Vio, VeniceGiovanni Antonio Canal · 1723
The Rest on the Flight into EgyptGiambattista Pittoni · 1725