{"id":876,"date":"2013-10-25T17:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=876"},"modified":"2013-11-05T17:01:41","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T16:01:41","slug":"fra-angelico-fortuny-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/fra-angelico-fortuny-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit the Fra Angelico to Fortuny exhibition at the Museo del Prado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Museo_del_Prado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Museo del Prado<\/a> is one of the best known and most popular museums in Madrid, Situated on the Paseo del Prado,\u00a0 in the center of the city, the Museo del Prado is ranked as the finest museum in all of Spain, and every year attracts more than three million visitors, many of them from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest draws that the museum offers a constant stream of exhibitions and events, featuring the works of some of the world\u2019s most well known artists.<\/p>\n<p>One that has proved to be especially popular is the Hidden Beauty exhibition, that has been running for close to six months and has already attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors. The exhibition, made up from more than 250 small-scale works covering more than six centuries of\u00a0 artistic mastery, contains the works\u00a0 from 14th century Italian master <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fra_Angelico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fra Angelico<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mariano_Fortuny_(painter)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mariano Fortuny<\/a> the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century Catalan painter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Painting-from-Mariano-Fortuny..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-877\" title=\"Painting from Mariano Fortuny.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Painting-from-Mariano-Fortuny..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a>Other artists and \u00a0centuries represented at the\u00a0 Fra Angelico to Fortuny exhibition include Murillo, Bosch, Correggio, Rubens, Vel\u00e1zquez, Teniers, \u00a0Goya, Paret, Watteau and Vincente Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly worth spending some time at, according to those who have visited the exhibition, is the 17th-century section that \u00a0focuses on portraiture and still life, with some particularly outstanding pieces of art from Rubens being especially noteworthy.<\/p>\n<p>Another highlight is the space, the design and distribution of the rooms and the fact that all\u00a0 of the paintings on display\u00a0 have been placed to the appropiate height so that they can be contemplated and appreciated in every detail by the visitors. 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