31 Masterpieces of Painting in Madrid: Quick Facts

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Hans Holbein the Younger: Portrait of Henry VIII of England

Triptych painting The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, showing three panels with fantastical scenes of paradise, earthly pleasures, and hell, filled with figures, animals, and surreal imagery.

Painting The Surrender of Breda by Diego Velazquez shows two men at the center exchanging a key, surrounded by soldiers with spears and flags, with a distant battle scene in the background.

Diego Velázquez: Las meninas

Francisco Ribalta: Christ Embracing St. Bernard

Francisco Goya: The Family of Carlos IV

Francisco Goya: The Naked Maja

Francisco Goya: The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid, or “The Executions”

Painting The Annunciation by Robert Campin shows the angel Gabriel in a red robe kneeling before the Virgin Mary, who sits reading in a detailed Gothic interior.

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