Museo de la Trinidad
The Museo de la Trinidad, or Museo Nacional de la Trinidad, was a Spanish national museum of painting and sculpture in Madrid from 1837 to 1872. Its collection was removed and merged with the
Though it was first opened to the public on July 24, 1838 to celebrate
Shortly after the revolution in September 1868, there was an initiative to merge two museums, the 'Trinidad' and the Prado, both already national. By decrees of the regency government of November 25, 1870 and March 22, 1872, the Museo de la Trinidad was closed down and its collections were transferred to the Prado (the former 'Royal Museum'). In fact, only 83 of 'Trinidad' works were on display in the Prado after 1873, almost all from the inventory of new acquisitions that began in 1856. Most of the other works were distributed to various locations or deposited in the Villanueva building. Among the most valuable pieces from the Museo de la Trinidad were those by El Greco, Pedro Berruguete, Juan Bautista Maíno, and Flemish paintings. Over 600 religious works, considered at the time to have little value, have since been lost.
References
- ^ 1865 inventory and catalog by Gregorio Cruzada Villaamil on archive.org
- El Museo de la Trinidad en el Prado, 2004 exhibition on the history of the Trinidad collection of the Prado, 2004