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National Museum of Romanticism

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Room in the National Museum of Romanticism. Dining room © Ministerio de Cultura
Antonio Mª de Esquivel. 'Literary meeting. Prize-giving in the Lyceum'. National Museum of Romanticism © Ministerio de Cultura

Temporary exhibitions

Violeta Bubelyte. Self-portraits.

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Romantics are back

The National Museum of Romanticism recreates the atmosphere of a bourgeois house in Isabelline times, explores the everday life and exhibits the main topics of Romanticism.

Twenty-six rooms will immerse visitors into Isabelline times. There are two routes: an atmosphere-based route, of the actual house, where visitors will discover the spaces, decoration and customs of the wealthy bourgeoisie in 19th-century Spain, focusing on childhood, gender issues, hygiene or technological advances; and a theme-based route, which explores contents relating to the complicated historical events of the time, and to Romanticism as an artistic and cultural movement.

Essential works

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Fan

Exceptional quality item made for a wedding. It has the added value of having the signatures of the painter and the manufacturer.
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Bonheur du jour

It is a multi-functional piece of furniture that can be used as a desk, clerk's desk and workbox. It is a model created by Jennings and Bettridge (1820-1870). It looks like a single integrated piece and resembles lacquered Oriental furniture.
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Bracelet

This French bracelet is of exceptional quality and shows the hallmark of the craftsmen and the place it was made on its clasp.
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Brooch

Woman's brooch shaped as a snake with its body made of braided hair. This symbolises the cult of hair in remembrance of a loved one. This was very typical in the 19th century.
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Sánchez the sailor

This painting is Federico de Madrazo's masterpiece within the speciality of male portraits.
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Dead infante

A sculpture which is probably the daughter of Isabella II, in which naturalism and realism, typical of the Valencian Romantic artist and last chamber sculptor, stand out.
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Isidoro Máiquez as Othello

Very interesting lithograph because it is one of the first ones that were made in Spain.
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Archduchess Henriette and her daughter

An exceptional work of art from the Austrian school in Europe, of which there is no significant sample in Spain.
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Manuel Remírez y Barreda

In this work, Corro uses the most frequent technique in Spanish miniature painting: highlighting the body curves and filling it in with patches of colour, while the face is shaped with soft dotting.
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Milan. Great ball held by the King of Italy in honour of the German Emperor (21st October 1875)

This picture of the Cariátides Room in the Royal Palace of Milan is a diaphanorama, a photographic object which entertained the bourgeois gatherings in the 19th century.
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Temporary exhibitions

Violeta Bubelyte. Self-portraits.

This exhibition by Violeta Bubelyte is part of the programme of PHotoEspaña 2013. These are images in which the body serves as a pretext for a reflection on loneliness.
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Collections

The museum's collection is part of the collective catalogue of the Digital Network of Spanish Museum Collections (CERES), conceived as a space for dissemination which enables visitors to browse the various museum collections using the identifying features of each item (author, type of object, iconography, etc.).

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