The Museo Nacional de San Carlos ( en, National Museum of San Carlos) is a Mexican national art museum devoted to European art, located in the

Cuauhtémoc Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler ('' tlatoani'') of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, making him the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle ...

borough in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

. The museum is housed in the Palace of the Count of Buenavista, a neoclassical building at Puente de Alvarado No. 50, Colonia Tabacalera, Mexico City. It contains works by

Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach the Elder (german: Lucas Cranach der Ältere ; – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is kno ...

Parmigianino Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, B ...

, Frans Hals, Anthony van Dyck,

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ( , ; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassical painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ...

, Auguste Rodin and other well-known European painters and sculptors.

The institution

The museum was founded in 1968 by the

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL, en, National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature), located in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, is the Mexican institution in charge of coordinating artistic and cultural ...

to house the collection of European art.

Directors

*1997 - 2004: Roxana Velásquez Martínez del Campo *... - 2011: Maria Fernanda Matos Moctezuma *2011 - ...: Carmen Gaitán

The collection

Paintings

File:François Boucher - Retrato de uma criança com chapéu.jpg, &François Boucher, ''Portrait of a child with a hat'', 18th century File:Koner Max Bublitz - Retrato do Imperador da Alemanha Guilherme II, 1904.jpg, Max Koner, ''Portrait of Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany'', 1904 File:Pieter de Kempener - As sete virtudes, c. 1550.jpg, Pedro Campaña, ''The Seven Virtues'', ca. 1550 File:Alonso Cano - São João Evangelista dando a comunhão à Virgem.JPG,

Alonzo Cano Alonso Cano Almansa or Alonzo Cano (19 March 16013 September 1667) was a Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor born in Granada.Juan Carreño de Miranda Juan Carreño de Miranda (25 March 1614 — 3 October 1685) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Avilés in Asturias, son of a painter with the same name, Juan Carreño de Miranda. His family moved to Madrid in 1623, ...

, ''Queen Mariana of Austria'', 1673 File:Piero di Cosimo (atribuição) - Retrato de menino.jpg, Attributed to

Piero di Cosimo Piero di Cosimo (2 January 1462 – 12 April 1522), also known as Piero di Lorenzo, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He is most famous for the mythological and allegorical subjects he painted in the late Quattrocento; he is said to ...

, ''Portrait of a boy'', ca. 1500 File:Piero di Cosimo (atribuição) - Virgem com o Menino e São João Batista.jpg, Attributed to

, ''The Virgin, child Jesus and John the Baptist'', ca. 1500 File:Lucas Cranach - Adão e Eva, 1530.jpeg,

, ''Adam and Eve'', 1530 File:Henri Decaisne - Odalisca.jpg,

Henri Decaisne Henri Decaisne (27 January 1799 – 17 October 1852) was a Belgian historical and portrait painter. Biography Decaisne was born at Brussels in 1799. As early as 1814 he began to study painting under François, and in 1818 upon the advice of Dav ...

, ''Odalisque'', first half of the 19th century File:Gaudenzio Ferrari - São Jerônimo.jpg,

Gaudenzio Ferrari Gaudenzio Ferrari (c. 1471 – 11 January 1546) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance. Biography Gaudenzio was born to Franchino Ferrari at Valduggia in the Valsesia in the Duchy of Milan. Valduggia is now in the Province of V ...

, ''Hieronymus'', first half of the 16th century File:Frans Hals - Retrato de um desconhecido, 1634.JPG, Frans Hals, ''Unknown man'', 1634 File:Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres - O Infante São João Batista.jpg,

, ''The child Saint John the Baptist'', 19th century File:Federico de Madrazo - Dama de branco, 1859.jpg,

Federico de Madrazo Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (9 February 181510 June 1894) was a Spanish painter. Biography Born in Rome, he was the son of José de Madrazo y Agudo, the painter and former Director of the Prado Museum. Federico's grandfather on his mother side ...

, ''Woman in White'', 1859 File:Jean Massys (círculo) - Virgem com o Menino.jpg, Circle of Jan Matsys, ''Madonna and Child'', 16th century File:Master Tiburtine raising Lazarus.JPG, Master of the Tiburtine Sibyl, ''The resurrection of Lazarus'', ca. 1480 File:Abraham Mignon - Natureza-morta.JPG,

Abraham Mignon Abraham Mignon or Minjon (21 June 164027 March 1679), was a still life painter.Abraham Mignon
at the

, ''Still life'', second half of the 17th century File:Parmigianino - Sagrada Família.jpg,

, ''Holy Family'', first half of the 16th century File:Perugino - Virgem com o Menino coroada por anjos.jpg,

Pietro Perugino Pietro Perugino (, ; – 1523), born Pietro Vannucci, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael was his most famous pupil. Ea ...

, ''Virgin and Child crowned by two angels'', first quarter of the 16th century File:Pontormo - Virgem com o Menino.jpg,

Pontormo Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as ''Jacopo da Pontormo'', ''Jacopo Pontormo'', or simply Pontormo, was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound st ...

, ''Virgin and Child'', 16th century File:Joaquín Sorolla - Remendando redes, 1901.JPG, Joaquim Sorolla, ''Mending nets'', 1901 File:Bernardo Strozzi - São Francisco de Assis.JPG,

Bernardo Strozzi Bernardo Strozzi, named il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver. A canvas and fresco artist, his wide subject range included history, allegorical, genre and portrait paintin ...

, ''Francis of Assisi'', 17th century File:Antoon van Dyck - Cabeça de homem barbado.jpg, Anthony van Dyck, ''Head of a Bearded Man'', first half of the 17th century File:Joris Van Son - Natureza-morta com vegetais e frutas, 1661.jpg, Joris van Son, ''Still life with vegetables and fruit'', 1661 File:Francisco de Zurbarán - A Ceia em Emaús.JPG,

Francisco Zurbarán Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

, ''Supper at Emmaus'', 17th century File:Retrato de familia Fagoga Arozqueta - Anónimo ca.1730.jpg, Anonymous painter, ''Portrait of the Fagoaga Arozqueta family'' -from Mexico City-, ca. 1735

Sculptures

James Pradier James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, ; 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculpture, sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassicism, neoclassical style. Life and work Born in Geneva (then Republic of Geneva), Prad ...

, ''Bacchante'' * Auguste Rodin, ''The call to arms'' * Miguel E. Schulz, ''Diana'' *

Manuel Vilar Manuel Vilar i Roca (15 November 1812, Barcelona - 25 November 1860, Mexico City) was a Spanish sculptor, in the Romantic style.Alberto Espinosa, ''La Renovación de la Real Academia de San Carlos: Manuel Vilar y Pelegrín Clavé'', Terranova/r ...

, ''Charles Borromeo''

Other

*Flemish tapestry ''Battle'', from the 17th century

References

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