The Museo del Prado (Madrid, Spain) is presenting to the public for the first time The Wine of Saint Martin's Day by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the leading figure within 16th-century Flemish painting. Following the recent acquisition and subsequent restoration of the painting, it will be displayed in Room D in the Jerónimos Building until 25 March.
The presentation of the painting alongside an x-ray of it and an explanatory video detailing its restoration will allow the visiting public to appreciate the key phases within its complex restoration and to assess the final results of that process.
This new addition to the Prado's collection of one of the most dazzling and complex compositions by the artist means that the Museum now possesses two works by his hand, the other being The Triumph of Death (previously the only other known painting by Bruegel in Spain), a masterpiece by the painter that was formerly in the Spanish royal collection (cat. 1393, Museo Nacional del Prado. Oil on panel, 117 x 162cm, ca.1562).
Date: until March 25.
Location: Museo del Prado. Paseo del Prado s/n. 28014. Madrid. Spain.
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 8pm.
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