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| The Prado museum in Madrid. Sadly, the only image I have. |
The Prado. What can I say? Is this the greatest museum of paintings in Europe? Bruegel, Rubens, Velazquez, Titian, El Greco, Dürer, Goya: this place has it all when it comes to the European masters.
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| The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch (not my image) |
Bosch's
Garden of Earthly Delights was mesmerizing in real life. Three panels of exquisite, colorful bizarreness. Velazquez's Las Meninas was a treat. There are too many goodies here to list.
A painting that I came back to again and again?
Atalanta and Hippomenes by Guido Reni. One of the most perfectly composed, most fluid paintings I've ever seen. It is big, at nearly 10 feet wide by 7 feet high.
After the Prado, I retreated to Parque del Retiro. Had a nice hike in the woods. There is a pond there where you can rent rowboats, and a statue of Alfonso XII overlooking it all.
More images from the day
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| Entering Retiro Park |
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| The pond |
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| Boats for rent at the pond. |
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| Statue of Alfonso XII |
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| Columns |
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