The Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada (''Museum of Fine Arts of Granada'' ) is a

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museum in

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

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. Since the 1950s it has been housed in the Palace of Charles V which also houses the Museo de la Alhambra.

History

In common with many provincial museums in Spain, the Museo de Bellas Artes has its origins in the Spanish confiscation.

Collections

It houses one famous ''Still life'' by Juan Sánchez Cotán, a display of paintings by Alonso Cano, Juan de Sevilla and Mariano Fortuny, wood sculptures by Jacopo Torni and Pedro de Mena, and more objects of religious art, such as the “Allegory of Death” by P. Toma, a 17th-century, oil on canvas and “St. Francis of Assisi” an anonymous 17th century oil on canvas.

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