The Museo Lazaro Galdiano is one of my favorite small museums. It is filled with plenty of collections, chosen with the most exquisite taste by the late Lazaro Galdiano. There are many good paintings from artists like Goya. The best thing about this small museum is that few people visit it and you can enjoy the art in a quiet environment.
A beautiful, small museum, an invitation to aristocracy; almost surprising in the quality of its collection. What I recall most is the wonderful collection of Goya black and white prints that hang on the walls of well appointed rooms, exquisite baroque furniture. These depict Goya's revulsion against the still existing Inquisition and the cruelty of 19th century Spain. One can almost hear the cries of the victims through Goya's evocation of the suffering as one walks through magnificent rooms in genuine comfort.
Everything is well laid out and displayed to its full potential, don't miss anything as its full of surprises!
One of the best small art galleries I’ve seen, although it is not an art gallery per se….it was the home of an art collector, although it wasn’t just paintings he collected. It doesn’t look like much of a home now and although each room looks grander than your typical art gallery, it does look like a museum rather than a home now. But it was the paintings that stood out for me. One of the best Boschs I’ve seen (because the surrealism is at a minimum) and a superb Jan Brueghel and a couple of good Cranachs compete with the Spanish artists El Greco (everyone accepts him as Spanish don’t they), Goya, Murillo, Zubaran and Ribera.It’s free for the last hour of the day, but that is not enough time here. I spent twice as long and could have spent longer. So the 6 euro entrance is worth it if you want more than a flying visit.
The museum is housed in Galdiano's former residence, an impressive pile at the quiet, northern end of Calle Serrano. The collection is not limited to paintings, and includes sculpture, silver, ivory and arms, but the paintings are the main attraction. There are several Goyas and other equally impressive works by Spanish old masters, but the collection is quite eclectic, with Dutch and even English paintings as well. The crowds that gather at the more well known museums are absent, so the experience is pleasantly unhurried.
Not quite the Frick, but an excellent museum nonetheless with a range of wonderful art including Goya and a work by El Bosco, my favorite. Currently there is a must see exhibit by Enrique Marty incorporated into the collection; Marty's work is quite unique and maybe not for everyone; I loved it. A very good restaurant with Typico dishes across the street,
I’d been to this beautiful villa-museum-art gallery a year and a half previously and remembered the striking combination of experiencing how a wealthy journalist, publisher, and patron of the arts lived in pre-Civil War Madrid with a collection of paintings, sculpture, furniture, jewelry, coins, textiles, rare books. My Spanish husband came then with me for the second visit and was also impressed by the rooms and the collection. We were also able to experience the wonderful temporary exhibit “Entre Tiempos,” which provided interesting contemporary complements and contrasts across various genres via items from the Jozami Collection: painting, photography, sculpture, and video installations. We discovered later that there was another exhibit in the modern España Moderna building next to the museum.Information in English was sparse so the Museo, and both the temporary and permanent exhibits, can perhaps be more meaningful for those who can read Spanish, but enjoyment, amusement, and at times bewilderment and sorrow at some of the modern pieces transcend language boundaries.We’ll be returning not only for future temporary exhibits but also to admire the permanent collection including masterpieces by El Greco and Goya.
It is a unique palace. The dome is precious. There are unique pieces on display such as silver tripticts. Its an out of the way museum for tavelers but definately worth the trip to breath and apprciate Spanish culture.
Nice museum with sense of humor. There is a great permanent collection of art but the paintings and art objects of temporary exposition I saw in January were "hidden" among the collection permanent of the museum. They were funny, quite new art objects of Jan Svankmajer, that imitate the "real" art and they were full of humor. So when I found "an art object" among the precious real, old art objects of a museum it was so fun,,, Finally we were just searching those paintings and objects of Svankmajer (they did not have a name beside) and not so much watching the real paintings,,, But so what it was great idea to show that you do not have to be always so serious with art ...
Well, for me, as my tastes are much later than the art on display here. And, very strangely, they have some very modern (I guess) grotesque, ghoulish and graphic death sculptures on each floor, with an occasional death related item in amongst other somewhat routine displays. I might be missing some point, but it was weird...