Meadows Museum
14 / 26 Museo Meadows, 5900 Bishop Blvd, Dallas, TX 75205
As a division of the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU), the Meadows Museum houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, with works dating from the 10th to the 21st centuries. The primary collection contains works by renowned painters including El Greco, Velázquez, Ribera, Murillo, Goya, Miró, Sorolla, Dalí and Picasso. Additional highlights include Renaissance-era altarpieces, monumental Baroque canvases, rococo oil sketches, polychrome wood sculptures, Impressionist landscapes, modernist abstractions, a comprehensive collection of the graphic works of Goya, and select sculptures by major twentieth-century masters, including Rodin, Maillol, Giacometti, Moore, Smith, and Oldenburg.
Did you know?
- The Meadows Museum is nicknamed the Prado on the Prairie.
- In 2023, the Fundación Consejo España-EE.UU. honored the museum with the 10th Bernardo de Gálvez Award, in recognition of its role as a permanent cultural embassy of Spain in the U.S.
- The Embassy of Spain hosted and commissioned an exhibit that showcased the museum’s history and programs at the Spanish Cultural Center in Washington, D.C.
Spanish collection
The following 12 Spanish artworks are a selection from the collection of the Meadows Museum:
Saint Sebastian
by Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, circa 1506
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 69 3/8 x 32 7/8 in (176.2 x 83.5 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.76.02. Photography by Kevin Todora.
The Investiture of Saint Ildefonsus
by Juan de Borgoña, circa 1508–1514
- Medium
- Tempera and oil on wood
- Dimensions
- 98 1/4 x 81 3/4 in (249.6 x 207.6 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.69.03. Photography by Michael Bodycomb.
Portrait of Alessandro Farnese
by Anthonis Mor, 1561
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 71 3/8 x 38 7/8 in (181.3 x 98.7 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.71.04. Photography by Michael Bodycomb.
Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation
by El Greco, circa 1605–1610
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 29 7/8 x 25 in (75.9 x 63.5 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Museum purchase, Meadows Museum Acquisition. Fund with private donations and University funds, MM.99.01. Photography by Kevin Todora.
Portrait of a Knight of Santiago
by Jusepe de Ribera, circa 1635
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 57 1/2 x 42 in (146.1 x 106.7 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.77.02. Photography by Michael Bodycomb.
Female Figure (Sibyl with Tabula Rasa)
by Diego Velázquez, 1648
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25 1/2 x 23 in (64.8 x 58.4 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.74.01. Photography by Michael Bodycomb.
Jacob Laying Peeled Rods before the Flocks of Laban
by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, circa 1665
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 87 3/4 x 142 in (222.9 x 360.7 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.67.27. Photography by Kevin Todora.
Saint Paul the Hermit
by Juan Alonso Villabrille y Ron, circa 1715
- Medium
- Polychromed terracotta
- Dimensions
- 24 x 30 x 18 1/2 in (61 x 76.2 x 47 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Museum purchase thanks to a gift from Jo Ann Geurin Thetford in Honor of Dr. Luis Martín, MM.2013.01. Photography by Dimitris Skliris.
Yard with Madmen
by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1794
- Medium
- Oil on tin-plated iron
- Dimensions
- 16 7/8 x 12 3/8 in (42.9 x 31.4 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Algur H. Meadows Collection, MM.67.01. Photography by Michael Bodycomb.
Beach at Portici
by Mariano Fortuny, 1874
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 27 x 51 1/4 in (68.6 x 130.2 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. MM.2017.03. Museum purchase with private donations. Photography by Robert LaPrelle.
The Blind Man of Toledo
by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, 1906
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 24 1/2 x 36 1/2 in (62.2 x 92.7 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Museum purchase, The Meadows Foundation Fund with private donations, MM.03.01. Photography by Kevin Todora.
Seated Woman (Femme assise)
by María Blanchard, circa 1917
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 43 3/4 x 30 1/4 in (111.1 x 76.8 cm)
- Credits
- Meadows Museum, SMU, Dallas. Museum purchase with funds from The Meadows Foundation, MM.08.02. Photography by Michael Bodycomb.