Museum of Fine Arts of Seville  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop

Featured:

300px|right|thumb|Fachade of Museum of Fine Arts of Seville The Museum of Fine Arts of Seville or Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla is the most prominent collection of mainly Spanish visual arts from medieval period to the early twentieth century, including a choice selection of works from the so-called Golden Age of Sevillian painting during the 17th century, including Murillo, Zurbarán, Francisco de Herrera the younger, and Valdés Leal.

The museum was founded in 1839, after the desamortizacion or shuttering of religious monasteries and convents, collecting works from across the city and region. Originally, the site held the convent of the Order of the Merced Calzada de la Asuncion, founded by St. Peter Nolasco during the reign of Fernando III of Castile. Extensive remodeling in the early 17th century was led by the architect Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera.


[edit]

Painters and sculptors of Museum


Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Museum of Fine Arts of Seville" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Retrieved from "http://artandpopularculture.com/Museum_of_Fine_Arts_of_Seville"
Personal tools
Metas