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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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