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Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The museum administers collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin. The various classes of artwork include sculpture, paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, armor, and decorative arts. Several special exhibitions are held in the museum every year, including touring exhibitions arranged with other museums in the United States and abroad. The attendance figure for the museum was 793,000 in 2017.

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Spanish collection

The following 9 Spanish artworks are a selection from the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Enthroned Virgin and Child with Personifications of the Virtues of Temperance, Fortitude, Justice, and Prudence

by Bernat Martorell, circa 1434–1437

Medium
Egg tempera and tooled gold on oak panel
Dimensions
60 3/4 × 42 1/4 in (154.3 × 107.3 cm)
Credits
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

15th century

The Birth of the Virgin

by Jaume Mateu, circa 1450

Medium
Tempera and tooled gold on panel
Dimensions
31 × 22 3/4 in (78.7 × 57.8 cm)
Credits
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

15th century

The Lamentation

by Rodrigo de Osona the Elder, circa 1465

Medium
Oil and gold on panel
Dimensions
16 3/8 x 18 5/8 in (41.6 x 47.3 cm)
Credits
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

15th century

The Agony in the Garden

by Rodrigo de Osona the Elder, circa 1465

Medium
Oil and gold on panel
Dimensions
16 3/4 x 18 3/4 in (42.5 x 47.6 cm)
Credits
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

15th century

Pope Honorius III Approving the Rule of Saint Francis of Assisi

by Bartolomé de Castro, circa 1500

Medium
Tempera and tooled gold on panel
Dimensions
48 5/16 x 33 5/8 in (122.7 x 85.4 cm)
Credits
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

16th century

Enthroned Virgin and Child, with Saint Jerome, the Archangel Michael, and Angels Holding Instruments of the Passion

by Juan de Juanes, circa 1550

Medium
Oil and tooled gold on panel
Dimensions
48 3/4 x 35 1/4 in (123.8 x 89.5 cm)
Credits
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

16th century

The Annunciation

by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1650

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
7 ft 1 5/8 in × 10 ft 4 1/2 in (217.5 × 316.2 cm). Framed: 7 ft 8 1/2 in × 10 ft 11 3/4 in × 4 in (235 × 334.6 × 10.2 cm)
Credits
Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1900

17th century

Interior of a Café

by Santiago Rusiñol, 1892

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
39 1/2 × 32 in (100.3 × 81.3 cm). Framed: 51 1/2 × 44 1/4 × 3 in (130.8 × 112.4 × 7.6 cm)
Credits
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

19th century

The Young Amphibians

by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, 1903

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
37 7/8 × 51 3/8 in (96.2 × 130.5 cm)
Credits
Purchased with the W. P. Wilstach Fund, 1904

20th century