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National Museum of Sculpture
Museo Nacional de Escultura
Main facade of the Colegio de San Gregorio
Established1842
LocationColegio de San Gregorio, Valladolid, Spain
Coordinates41°39′36″N 4°43′12″W / 41.66000°N 4.72000°W / 41.66000; -4.72000
TypeArt museum, sculptural museum, Historic site
Visitors145.606 (2012)
DirectorMaría Bolaños Atienza
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official nameMuseo Nacional de Escultura
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1962
Reference no.RI-51-0001422

The National Museum of Sculpture (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Escultura) is an art museum in Valladolid, Spain, devoted to sculpture. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.

It has an extensive sculptural collection ranging from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The collections come mostly from churches and monasteries in the Region of Castile, whose pieces of religious art were confiscated by the State in 1836, by order of Minister of Finance Mendizábal. Other parts of the collections come from particular donations, deposits or acquisitions by the State.

The museum was founded as the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts on 4 October 1842. It had its first headquarters at the Palacio de Santa Cruz. On 29 April 1933 it was moved to the Colegio de San Gregorio. Other current seats are in the 16th-century Palacio de Villena and Palacio del Conde de Gondomar.

The museum houses works from the 13th to 19th centuries, executed mostly in the Central Spain, and also in other regions historically connected to Spain (Italy, Flanders, Southern America). Artworks include, among the others, a Raising of the Cross by Francisco del Rincon, I Thirst, and The Way of Calvary Gregorio Fernández, Adoration of the Magi by Alonso Berruguete, Lamentation of Christ by Juan de Juni, Penitent Magdalene by Pedro de Mena or the Holy Sepulchre or passage of the Sleepers Alonso de Rozas.

During the Holy Week in Valladolid the museum gives 104 images (distributed in the corresponding pasos) to the processions for the brotherhoods.

Gallery of paintings

  • Democritus and Heraclitus by Rubens, 1603 Democritus and Heraclitus by Rubens, 1603
  • Temptations of San Antonio Abad by Jan Brueghel (first half of the 17th century) Temptations of San Antonio Abad by Jan Brueghel (first half of the 17th century)
  • Saint Francisco and Saint Domingo in the refectory by Felipe Gil de Mena (second half of the 17th century) Saint Francisco and Saint Domingo in the refectory by Felipe Gil de Mena (second half of the 17th century)

Gallery of sculptures

Medieval sculptures

  • The Virgin with the child, anonymous, Castilian workshop, finally of the 13th century. The Virgin with the child, anonymous, Castilian workshop, finally of the 13th century.

15th century

  • Pity, anonymous (made in Germany), 1406-1415. Pity, anonymous (made in Germany), 1406-1415.
  • Funerary Portrait of Luis Pimentel y Pacheco, anonymous, Lion workshop, 15th century. Funerary Portrait of Luis Pimentel y Pacheco, anonymous, Lion workshop, 15th century.
  • Altarpiece of the Virgin's life, anonymous, Antwerp workshop, over 1515. Altarpiece of the Virgin's life, anonymous, Antwerp workshop, over 1515.
  • Bust of emperor Charles, young, anonymous, Flemish workshop, over 1520. Bust of emperor Charles, young, anonymous, Flemish workshop, over 1520.
  • Altarpiece of St. Jerome by Jorge Inglés. Altarpiece of St. Jerome by Jorge Inglés.

Renaissance

Juan de Juni

Baroque

Gregorio Fernández

See also

References

  1. Article from the National Sculpture Museum on the conservation of the images and the protocols of action before the image output in Senhora da Piedade http://museosangregorio.mcu.es/web/pdfs/inicio/PDF_PROCESIONDENTRO.pdf (in Spanish)

External links

National Museums of Spain
Prado National Museum (Madrid)
Queen Sofía Art Center National Museum (Madrid)
Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum (Madrid)
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