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Exhibition "Hand in Hand. Sculpture and colour in the Spanish Golden Age"

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

19 November 2024 – 2 March 2025

The Museo del Prado and the AXA Foundation present Joining Hands. Sculpture and Colour in the Spanish Golden Age.

The exhibition offers an opportunity to reflect on the phenomenon and success of polychrome sculpture that filled the churches of the Spanish Golden Age. Bringing together almost one hundred works by leading artists such as Gaspar Becerra, Alonso Berruguete, Gregorio Fernández, Damián Forment, Juan de Juni, Francisco Salzillo, Juan Martínez Montañés and Luisa Roldán, the exhibition also includes paintings and prints.

The press conference took place at 11.00 a.m. on 18 November 2024 in the Auditorium of the Museo Nacional del Prado, located in the Jerónimos Building, and featured contributions from:

Miguel Falomir

Director. Museo Nacional del Prado

Josep Alfonso

General Director. AXA Foundation

Manuel Arias

Head of the Sculpture Department. Museo Nacional del Prado

Curator of the exhibition