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The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Spanish: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza) was, until 1993, the largest private picture gallery in the world (along with the collection of the British monarchs). It is now a state-owned art gallery in Madrid. It forms part of the Spanish capital's "Golden Triangle of Art" together with the Prado and the Reina Sofía Art Center. The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum is a magnificent complement to the collections of its neighbors in the triangle: unlike the Prado, it features works by the Italian Primitives and painters of the English, Dutch, and German schools; unlike the Art Center, the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection includes Impressionists, Expressionists, as well as European and American canvases from the second half of the 20th century. The collection occupies the Palace of the Dukes of Villahermosa (Spanish: Palacio Villahermosa) not far from the Prado. Individual works are also exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona.

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The National Prado Museum (Spanish: Museo Nacional del Prado) is one of the largest and most significant museums of European fine art, located in Madrid, Spain. The museum building is a monument of late Classicism. The museum's collection contains some of the most complete holdings of Bosch, Velázquez, Goya, Murillo, Zurbarán, and El Greco. The works in the halls of Italian painting date from the early Renaissance (Fra Angelico, Mantegna, Botticelli) to the 18th century (Tiepolo). On the 0th floor, the central focus of the exhibition is Raphael's paintings. Paintings by Caravaggio and Gentileschi are located on the 1st floor. The works of artists of the Venetian school—Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and Bassano—form one of the richest pictorial ensembles in the Prado. Many paintings by Italian masters were acquired by Kings Charles V, Philip II, and especially Philip IV. Paintings by artists from Venice were acquired in particular.

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The National Museum Reina Sofía Art Center (Spanish: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía), abbreviated Reina Sofía (Spanish: Reina Sofía), is an art museum with a picture gallery and a library of 40 000 volumes that, together with the Prado and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, makes up Madrid's "Golden Triangle of Art." Madrid residents ironically call it "Sofidou," by analogy with the Pompidou Center in Paris. Since 1986, the Reina Sofía Museum had functioned as an exhibition center of contemporary art specializing in sculpture. The National Museum Reina Sofía Art Center was officially opened on 10 September 1992 by the royal couple—Juan Carlos and Sofía. This building of an old hospital is now famous for housing a magnificent collection of modern painting.