Museo Nacional del Prado
Spain, Madrid


Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It houses collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century, based on the former Spanish royal collection.

Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture in 1819, it also contains important collections of other types of works.

The collection currently comprises around 8,200 drawings, 7,600 paintings, 4,800 prints, and 1,000 sculptures, in addition to many other works of art and historic documents.