Tagged With "Prado"

Made me look twice !

Fascinating post. I LOVE that Pere Borrel del Caso painting.

Here's another you might like, hanging in the Castelvecchio in Verona. It's by 15th century artist Giovanni Francesco Caroto, and is titled Boy with a Drawing. I've thought it wouldn't be out of place in Mad magazine... It appeared on TravelGumbo in a blog I did on Verona .

Now that's postmodern and...well...freaky. Yup--Mad Magazine, for sure.

I had the same thought, HistoryDigger! That guy is one of Alfred E Neuman's ancestors.

Oh, for sure! Definite DNA match. (p.s. I couldn't access your article from the Verona hyperlink.)

HistoryDigger Try this link. https://www.travelgumbo.com/blo...han-romeo-and-juliet

DrFumblefinger comes across a beautiful garden growing on the wall of a building near the Prado Museum.

The Banco de Espana building in Madrid had Gumbo’s attention when he was taking the puzzle picture, and what caught him was the stark difference in sculptural decoration in the picture—but the building as a whole is worth a look, too. It...

DrFumblefinger and his wife enjoyed a fine meal of tapas at this cafe in Madrid, not far from the Prado museum.

DrFumblefinger greatly enjoyed his visits to the great Prado museum of art in Madrid.