The Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

The Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Located behind the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, the Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes houses a diverse collection of art, from sixteenth-century Flemish paintings to twentieth-century works.

The Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a museum of fine arts located in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Its headquarters are situated in the rear of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi. The museum dates back to 1840, when the city agreed to make some boxes to preserve flags from the French Revolutionary Wars. The building was established in early 1929 by the architect Eladio Laredo in a classical style. The exterior is decorated with ten different busts of the illustrious of Tenerife.

The museum has fourteen rooms that serve as a repository of works from the Prado Museum in Madrid. The collection includes paintings ranging from sixteenth-century Flemish to twentieth-century works, as well as a sample of sculptures and crafts. One of the most notable parts of the collection is the "Tríptico de Nava y Grimón" by the Flemish painter Pieter Coecke.

Other noteworthy works in the museum are by Canarian painter Juan de Miranda, Afonso Gaspar de Quevedo, Jose Rivera, and Cristóbal Hernández de Quintana, among others.

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