Museo de Zaragoza, Spain

Museum of Fine Arts, Archeology and Ethnology in Zaragoza, capital of Aragon (Spainish: Museo de Zaragoza). It is the oldest museum in the Aragonese capital and the main building (which houses the archeology and fine arts sections) is housed in a Neo-Renaissance building built for the Hispano-French Exposition of 1908 by the architects Ricardo Magdalena and Julio Bravo. Its design is inspired by the Courtyard of the Infanta, of which was home of the rich merchant and patron of the Aragonese renaissance Gabriel Zaporta.

The Zaragoza Museum houses works of archeology, fine arts, ethnology and ceramics and is located in the Plaza de los Sitios in the city of Zaragoza (Spain).

It is the oldest museum in the Aragonese capital and the main site (which houses the archeology and fine arts sections) is housed in a neo-Renaissance building built for the Hispano-French Exposition of 1908 by the architects Ricardo Magdalena and Julio Bravo. Its design is inspired by the Courtyard of the Infanta, of which was home of the rich merchant and patron of the Aragonese renaissance Gabriel Zaporta.

The other venues of the museum are the Pirenaica House and the House of Albarracín of the Park José Antonio Labordeta of the city – that reproduce typical models of the popular architecture of these zones – constructed by Alexander Allanegui in 1956. These buildings harbor the sections of ethnology and Ceramics respectively. A final section welcomes the findings of the archaeological site of Colonia Celsa and is located in a functional architectural building of Velilla de Ebro.

The Museum of Zaragoza is the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Nobles and Fine Arts of San Luis, which is the founder of the Museum, and houses in the second and third floors pictorial and sculptural works ranging from the twelfth century to Contemporary Art. Between the second ones they emphasize the canvases of Francisco Bayeu and Goya; In particular, of the latter, the portraits of the Duke of San Carlos or that of Ferdinand VII with royal mantle. The collections complete a selection of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque paintings from the Aragonese region, a room for graphic work and another from Oriental Art from the Torralba-Fortún collection.

Conversion of the Duke William of Aquitaine (1673), of Vicente Berdusán.

Outstanding pictorial works of the museum are a still life of Antonio de Pereda, Céfalo and Procris before Diana of Luca Giordano and especially the Portrait of Alfonso V of Aragon of Juan de Juanes, acquired by purchase of the Government of Aragon in 2006. It also receives oils of the Main painters who developed their activity in Aragon, among them the ones of Jerónimo Cósida and Roland de Mois, for the Renaissance period, the baroque paintings of Jusepe Martínez and Vicente Berdusán and those of Bayeu, with Francisco at the head, already mentioned .
Among the nineteenth-century painting stands out the presence of Francisco Pradilla who should point out a self-portrait of 1869 of great energy.

As for 20th century painting, the museum has paintings by Joaquín Sorolla, Francisco Marín Bagüés and Natalio Bayo.

It also includes sculpture, and has examples from the medieval (a notable custodian Angel of the city of Zaragoza, Pere Johan of the XV century) to the contemporary of Felix Burriel or Honorio Garcia Condoy.

The collection donated by Federico Torralba Soriano de Arte Oriental is added to the collection of Fine Arts. The collection consists of several hundred pieces, including sculptures, paintings, ceramics, engravings and objects of everyday use, such as trunks, fans, furniture, etc. The most representative pieces are the Japanese engravings (with works by the main authors: Hokusai, Utamaro, Hiroshige, etc.), Chinese and Japanese ceramics (Song, Ming, Qing) highlighting the collection of ceramics “ox blood” and some works Buddhas of diverse origin, with the oldest piece of the collection bearing a greco-cubic head from Gandhara, Pakistan.

Patio of the Museum of Zaragoza
In the archeology section there are materials from the prehistoric age to the Muslim period, among which are the bronze of Botorrita, the Roman head of Augustus in carneola (sardónice) found in Turiaso (Tarazona) or archaeological remains of the Palace of the Aljafería.

Fine Arts Section
The Museum of Saragossa is the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Nobles and Fine Arts of San Luis, which is the founder of the Museum, and houses in the second and third floors pictorial and sculptural works ranging from the twelfth century to Contemporary Art. Between the second ones they emphasize the canvases of Francisco Bayeu and Goya; In particular, of the latter, the portraits of the Duke of San Carlos or that of Ferdinand VII with royal cloak. The collections complete a selection of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque paintings from Aragonese, a room of graphic work and another of Oriental Art from the Torralba-Fortún collection.

Conversion of the Duke William of Aquitaine (1673), of Vicente Berdusán.
Outstanding pictorial works of the museum are the Portrait of Alfonso V de Aragón de Juan de Juanes, acquired by purchase of the Government of Aragon in 2006. He also receives oils from the main painters who developed their activity in Aragon, among which are those of Jerónimo Cósida And Roland de Mois, for the Renaissance period, the baroque paintings of Jusepe Martinez and Vicente Berdusan and those of the Bayeu, with Francisco at the head, already mentioned.

Among the nineteenth-century painting stands out the presence of Francisco Pradilla who should point out a Self-Portrait of 1869 of great energy.

As for 20th century painting, the museum has paintings by Joaquín Sorolla, Francisco Marín Bagüés and Natalio Bayo.

It also includes sculpture, and has examples from the medieval (a notable guardian Angel of the city of Zaragoza, Pere Johan of the XV century) to the contemporary of Felix Burriel or Honorio Garcia Condoy.

Oriental Art Collection Federico Torralba
The collection donated by Federico Torralba Soriano de Arte Oriental is added to the collection of Fine Arts. The collection consists of several hundred pieces, including sculptures, paintings, ceramics, engravings and objects of daily use, such as trunks, fans, furniture, etc. The most representative pieces are the Japanese engravings (with works by the main authors: Hokusai, Utamaro, Hiroshige, etc.), Chinese and Japanese ceramics (Song, Ming, Qing) highlighting the collection of ceramics “ox blood” and some works Buddhas of diverse origin, with the oldest piece of the collection bearing a greco-burial head from Gandhara, Pakistan.

Services
The museum also offers conservation and restoration services, a library, a publications department, a shop and an area of ​​education, communication and cultural activities that offer didactic resources.