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Museo Cerralbo (Madrid, Spain) |
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Ventura Rodriguez 17, Madrid, Spain Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 9.30 – 15.00; Sundays and public holidays: 10.00 – 15.00; Closed on Monday Phone: (+34) 91 547 3646 The mansion-museum Museo Cerralbo displays the way of life of Madrid’s aristocracy in the late 19th and early 20th century. The building has a classic facade, cosy garden and an astonishing pond. The Museo Cerralbo was originally the home of Marquis of Cerralbo (Enrique de Aguilera y Bamboa). Later it became a house of family’s collection of paintings, sculpture, armor and arms, artifacts, ceramics and porcelain, silverware, jewelry, furniture and tapestries. There are three floors in the museum. All the rooms, dining spaces, libraries, ballrooms are left intact. Every room is designed in the universal manner. The items of the Museo Cerralbo include archeological material of the Iberian, Punic and Roman periods. The collection of pictures consists of works by Zurbaran, Alonso Cano, Ribera, El Greco, Valdes Leal, Tintoretto, Tiepolo and Goya. The collection The Ecstasy of Saint Francis of Assisi by El Greco displays an ancient weaponry and Iberian pottery. One of Marquis of Cerralbo’s main hobbies was coins collecting, so the museum has a great collection of coins. The collection includes coins of Antiquity: Greek, Punic, post Alexandrine and Eastern provincial coins, Roman Republican, Hispanic; Byzantine coins, Merovingian and Carolingian coins from outside the Iberian Peninsula and at last, modern universal coins. Besides, the Museo Cerralbo owns exotic portraits of mythological themes and old paintings depicting religious themes. |
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