Voces del Prado

The Prado has determined my life

Juan Luna Fernández, Head of the Department of Conservation of 18th Century Painting, 1969-2016

For me, the Museo del Prado represents a fundamental (but not the only) part of my life. A part in which I’ve undertaken my work, developed my ideas, although not all those I would like to have developed. This means that it’s an institution that’s very close to me, for its history, the treasures it houses and because it has determined my life for a long time. While I’ve also had a private life outside the Museum and have always had it, and the Museum hasn’t been a hindrance to that, for me it’s meant a great deal because it’s work, it’s pleasure. I think it was Confucius who said: “Find a job that you like and you’ll never work all your life.”