Maria Isabel of Braganza as Founder of the Museo del Prado (sketch)
Ca. 1829. Oil on canvas.Room 062
A preparatory sketch for the final picture, which is preserved in the Prado’s collection and was probably commissioned for the Museum itself. It commemorates the involvement of this queen of Portuguese origin in the refurbishment of the Real Museo de Pinturas, and shows her approving proposals for the layout of its galleries