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Reflections of the Cosmos
From July 11th to October 16th 2022
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Reflections of the Cosmos
From July 11th to October 16th 2022
With the support of American Friends of the Prado Museum, thanks to the generosity of The Arthur & Holly Magill Foundation, the Museo Nacional del Prado offers, from today and until October 16th, the itinerary “Reflections of the Cosmos” created by Astrophysicist, Montserrat Villar. The route reflects how the changing perception and knowledge of the cosmos was reflected in art of the past.
The breadth of the Prado’s collection makes this perspective based on the history of astronomy possible and invites us to focus on these concepts in a selection of 20 works of art from artist such as Patinir, Rubens, Murillo, Zurbarán or Tiepolo. The itinerary is accompanied with a publication and audioguide.
Discover how art and science connect in this fascinating progression of knowledge over time.
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- Thanks to the generosity of:
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The Arthur and Holly Magill Foundation
Itinerary
Section I. The myth of the flat Earth
- Charon crossing the Styx
- Joachim Patinir
- Oil on panel, 64 x 103 cm
- 1520-24
- Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
- 1. Joachim Patinir, Charon crossing the Styx
- 2. Hieronymus Bosch, The Third Day of Creation (outer panels of The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych)
- 3. Giovanni dal Ponte, The Seven Liberal Arts
- 4. Maestro de la Virgen de los Reyes Católicos, The Virgin of the Catholic Monarchs
- 5. Fernando Gallego, Christ Blessing
Section II. Myths in the stars
- Perseus freeing Andromeda
- Peter Paul Rubens and Jacques Jordaens
- Oil on canvas 223 x 163 cm
- 1639-41
- Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
- 6. Peter Paul Rubens and Jacques Jordaens, Perseus freeing Andromeda
- 7. Peter Paul Rubens, Diana and Callisto
- 8. Unknown Italian artist, Ariadne
Section III. When the Moon lost its purity
- Diana and Callisto
- Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre
- Oil on canvas, 197 x 114 cm
- 1745 - 1749
- Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
- 9. Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre, Diana and Callisto
- 10. Gaspare Vanvitelli, View of Venice from the Island of San Giorgio
- 11. Giambattista Tiepolo, The Immaculate Conception
- 12. Francisco de Zurbarán, The Immaculate Conception
- 13. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Aranjuez Immaculate Conception
- 14. Pedro Pablo Rubens, The Immaculate Conception
Section IV. The telescope revolution
- The Sense of Sight
- Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Brueghel the Elder (Jan 'Velvet' Brueghel)
- Oil on panel, 109,5 x 64,7 cm
- 1617
- Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
- 15. Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, The Sense of Sight
- 16. Attributed to Giuliano Finelli , Seneca
- 17. Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher
- 18. Peter Paul Rubens, Saturn devouring a Son
- 19. Peter Paul Rubens, The Birth of the Milky Way
- 20. Adam Elsheimer, Ceres in the House of Hecuba
