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The Museum of Romanticism ( Spanish: ''Museo del Romanticismo'') is a State-owned
The museum is housed at Calle de San Mateo 13. It was linked since its inception to the patronage of the Marquis of Vega-Inclán. The museum opened on 1 June 1924. The building was purchased by the Spanish State three years after the inauguration of the museum, in 1927. The overseeing institution and the entire collection of the Marquis was bequeathed to the Spanish State after the death of the former in 1942.
The building, dating from the late 18th-century, consists of two stories plus an attic floor, which is not open to the public.
Both the collection and the building were protected as '' historical-artistic monument'' in 1962.
The museum's exhibits are presented in the context of a historic house with a dining room, billiard room etc. They include items related to the romantic writer Mariano José de Larra.
In November 2009, the
File:Francisco de Goya - Saint Gregory the Great, Pope - Google Art Project.jpg,
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art museum
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located in Madrid
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, Spain
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. It was inaugurated in 1924 as ''Museo Romántico''.
History
The museum is housed at Calle de San Mateo 13. It was linked since its inception to the patronage of the Marquis of Vega-Inclán. The museum opened on 1 June 1924. The building was purchased by the Spanish State three years after the inauguration of the museum, in 1927. The overseeing institution and the entire collection of the Marquis was bequeathed to the Spanish State after the death of the former in 1942.
The building, dating from the late 18th-century, consists of two stories plus an attic floor, which is not open to the public.
Both the collection and the building were protected as '' historical-artistic monument'' in 1962.
The museum's exhibits are presented in the context of a historic house with a dining room, billiard room etc. They include items related to the romantic writer Mariano José de Larra.
In November 2009, the Council of Ministers
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...
determined the renaming of the museum to ''Museo Nacional del Romanticismo''.
Collection
Some of the landmark items exhibited at the museum include painting works byFrancisco de Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and e ...
(''San Gregorio Magno''), Leonardo Alenza (''Satira del suicidio romántico'', ''Sátira del suicidio por amor'' and ''El dios grande''), Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer (''El conspirador carlista''), Antonio Carnicero (''Retrato de Godoy''), José Aparicio (''Desembarco de Fernando VII''), Joaquín Espalter (''La familia Flaquer''), Vicente López Portaña
Vicente López Portaña, OIC (; September 19, 1772July 22, 1850) was a Spanish painter, considered one of the best portrait painters of his time.
Early life
Vicente López Portaña was born in Valencia on September 19, 1772. His parents wer ...
(''Retrato del Marqués de Remisa''), Antonio María Esquivel (''El general Prim a caballo'' and ''Retrato de Alfredito Romea''), Eugenio Lucas Velázquez (''Cueva de bandidos''), Charles Porion (''Isabel II pasando revista a las tropas''), Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (''Retrato del Duque de Rivas'', ''Retrato de la Duquesa de Rivas'', and ''Retrato de Julián Romea''), José de Madrazo (''Retrato de Fernando VII a caballo''), Jenaro Pérez Villaamil (''Puerta de Serranos en Valencia''), Joaquín Sorolla (''Retrato del Marqués de la Vega-Inclán''), Manuel Cabral Bejarano (''La copla''), José Gutiérrez de la Vega (''Retrato de Isabel II'' and ''Retrato de Larra'') and Francisco de Zurbarán
Francisco de Zurbarán ( , ; baptized 7 November 1598 – 27 August 1664) was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes. Zurbarán gained the nickname "Spanish ...
(''San Francisco'').
Gallery paintings
Francisco de Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and e ...
, ''San Gregorio Magno''
File:LEONARDO ALENZA - Sátira del suicidio romántico (Museo Romántico, Madrid, c. 1839).jpg, Leonardo Alenza, ''Sátira del suicidio romántico''
File:Leonardo Alenza - Satire du suicide.jpg, Leonardo Alenza, ''Sátira del suicido por amor''
File:Leonardo Alenza - Great God - Google Art Project.jpg, Leonardo Alenza, ''El dios grande''
File:Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer - The carlist conspirator - Google Art Project.jpg, Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer, ''The carlist conspirator''
File:Manuel Cabral - La copla - Google Art Project.jpg, Manuel Cabral Bejarano, ''La copla''
Gallery museum
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Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...
Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...
Historic house museums in Spain
Romanticism
Museums established in 1924
1924 establishments in Spain
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Buildings and structures in Justicia neighborhood, Madrid