Word: prado
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...life in Spanish-ruled Naples, doing commissions for the Italian church and expatriate Spanish grandees. He rapidly became the unchallenged star of Neapolitan painting and remained so until his death in 1652. Until recently, his art stayed in a sort of limbo; very few visitors to the Prado would ever turn out of the traffic stream headed for Velazquez to take a good look at the great Riberas, like The Martyrdom of Saint Philip, 1639, which hung in the corridor. This show will certainly change that, although it leaves Ribera himself still rather an indistinct figure...
...PRADO by Santiago Alcolea Blanch (Abrams...