Prado

Prado by Blanch, Santiago Alcolea. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810981478.

Long known as "the museum-lovers museum", the Prado Museum in Madrid contains artworks by the best, and the best-known painters of the 12th through the 20th centuries. This collection features the jewels of the Prado, gathered by the kings and queens of Spain, and shown in all their splendor. Scores of European masters including Rubens, Bosch, Raphael--and of course, the works of the Spanish school, El Greco, Velaquez, Goya--are represented. Over 320 illustrations, 275 in full color.