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PRADO V. THYSSEN

Two new shows in Madrid highlight how museums can create economical but brilliant exhibits—or not.

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Courtesy of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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The Combat of Love and Chastity, 1480-1490
42,5 x 34,9 cm
The National Gallery

Courtesy of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Portrait of a Young Woman, c.1490-1494
44 x 32 cm

Courtesy of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c.1490
34,3 x 48,9 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Collection John G. Johnson, 1917

Courtesy of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Madonna and Child, c. 1450

Courtesy of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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Adoration of the Magi, 1487

Courtesy of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
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'An English Ship in a Gale Trying to Claw off a Lee Shore'
Oil on canvas, 160.2 x 132.8 cm
1672

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'The Wreck of a Transport Ship'
Oil on canvas, 172.7 x 241.2 cm c. 1805 - 1810

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'Lake Nemi or Speculum Dianae'
Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 97.8 cm
1758

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'Aeneas and the Sibyl, Lake Avernus'
Oil on canvas, 76.5 x 98.4 cm
1798

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'Ideal Landscape'
Oil on canvas, 93.6 x 13.3 cm
c. 1658 - 1660

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