A few years ago, the director of the Prado museum, Miguel Zugaza, was visiting the collection of paintings of the Medinaceli family, an old aristocratic spanish family. All of a sudden he discovered this painting, the Wine on Saint Martins' Day.
This painting was located in an obscure gallery, and nobody thought this might be an important oeuvre, while it was very much deteriorated.
As the painting was restored it turned out to be one of the biggest paintings of Pieter Breughel den Ouden, some 2,4 by 1,5 metres. It is thought it is made in the latest years of the painter between 1565 and 1568 and there are some 96 people depicted on the paining clearly showing their emotions as Saint Martin is giving away a part of his cape.
A Low-cost flight option from Air France is to be available starting in April 2012 from both Toulouse and Nice.
In an attempt to claw back customers from the budget airlines, Air France is to offer flights from Toulouse to 16 new destinations in Europe and the Mediterranean, in addition to the 12 existing routes.
And from Nice, Air France will offer links to six new destinations to provide a total of 22 flights from the airport.
The airline has said one-way fares will start from €50 including taxes, with a free drink and snack, and a selection of French and foreign newspapers available free of charge at the boarding gate.
This move joins a recent decision to expand Air France services from Marseille which saw 13 new non-stop routes in France, Europe and the Mediterranean.
The new services from Toulouse will start on 1 April 2012,to Spain there will be to:
Malaga 3 weekly flights and to Sevilla 4 weekly flights
This year a new museum was opened in march in Malaga. It's the Carmen Thyssen museum located in the Villalón Palace a mid-16th century building with a beautiful collonaded patio in the Malaga's old city centre.
There are more than 200 works on display, all belonging to the Thyssen family, private collectionists. The exhibition starts off with a series of paintings by old artists, including "Santa Marina" by Zurbarán. Then it continues with a section dedicated to Romantic landscapes and costumbrismo, depicting customs and manners, with works by Genaro Pérez Villaamil, Manuel Barrón and the Domínguez Bécquer family. Marià Fortuny opens another section of preciosista painting and naturalist landscapes, and then there are Spanish works from the late 19th century, by Joaquín Sorolla, Anglada i Camarasa, Ignacio Zuloaga and Julio Romero de Torres. The museum also organises periodical temporary exhibitions.
The exhibition gives you a good insight in typical Spanish scenes like bullfights, patios, processions and spanish landscapes. The Baroness herself described the collection, at the museum's inauguration, as "the most essential part of Spanish history. You'll feel what is Andalucia."
However, there are some works of foreign painters.
The museum opens from tuesday till sunday, from 10:00 till 20:00.
Entrance Fees
Main museum only: 6 euros (over 12 years old);
3.50 euros reduced fee for pensioners, unemployed, students aged under 26, and familias numerosas (large families, ie with three or more children).
Temporary exhibitions: 4 euros, 2.50 reduced fee (see above).
Joint ticket (main museum and temporary exhibition): 8 euros; 4.50 reduced fee (see above).
Students and Málaga city residents: 4.50 euros.
Location
Calle Compañia 10, 29008 Malaga. Tel 902 303131
Near Avenida de la Rosaleda
More information you can find on the official website of the Carmen Thyssen Museum,
Today we are celebrating the birthday of the blog of Le Chien Andalous
Ten years after the creation of our website www.lechienandalous.com offering holiday rentals all over Andalusia, we are getting into blogging. Cheers! We hope you will enjoy our blog.
