Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada facts for kids
The Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada (Museum of Fine Arts of Granada ) is a fine arts museum in Granada, Spain. 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 of the 19th century when art works were expropriated from monasteries.
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.
See also
In Spanish: Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada para niños
