MADRID.- He National Prado Museum has taken out nine works from its storage in its second edition of The Prado in femininein which they celebrate the figures of Mariana of Austria, Isabel de Borbón and Queen Christina of Sweden as pioneering artistic promoters, with the aim of understanding the history of until from a gender perspective, as reported this Wednesday by the curator of the route, Noelia García.
“The traditional story of historiography that we all know is a history of art promoted by men. We have not shed light, we have not put focus or attention on the role that women have played. women. In certain historical periods, such as the 17th century, they were absolutely fundamental,” explained García, who highlighted that for the Museum, women are fundamental.
Of the 34 works that make up the cycle, divided into four sections and 18 rooms, some of the nine that have left the warehouse are Judith and Holofernesby Domenico Tintoretto; Queen Maria Theresa of Austria and the Grand Dauphin of France, the Beaubrun; Queen Marie Louise, with roses in her right hand; o Christina of Sweden, queenby Bourdon.
Thus, from this Wednesday until next September 8, the Prado invites you to celebrate the collecting of the aforementioned women from the European royal houses whose contribution, its curator has assured, has been decisive for the formation of the former royal collection and the current one. Meadow.
In this second edition, which has had funding from the Women’s Institute, the Museum has focused on the 17th century and wanted to highlight the role of Queen Christina of Sweden, responsible for the Museum having works such as the ‘Adam and Eve’ by Dürer, who was a “controversial” character due to gender identity issues, being one of the first royal women to wear pants in Spain, as García explained.
Role of women in art
To get closer to its objectives of making visible the role of women in art and highlighting these promoters or patrons of art who promoted the Prado collection, the itinerary has continued correcting the billboards of the works, seven on this occasion, mentioning the correct one ownership of the women and queens that appear.
“We are interested in the ownership of these queens being what they had. Let us remember that last year Mary Tudor appeared as the second wife of Philip II and was the first property-owning queen of England. The Museum is correcting this whole issue with great exhaustiveness and also differentiating between queens consorts, queens owners, that is also very important to give each one the historical prominence they deserved,” García clarified.
Among the activities and resources linked to The Prado in feminine II. Artistic promoters of the Museum’s collections (1602-1700) are four new pieces from the documentary series Masterpieces from the Prado and their artistic promoters; a book that accompanies the itinerary; scientific meetings; discussed itineraries and conversations with the commissioner, Noelia García; a course for teachers to teach Art History from a gender perspective; a film series; concerts and guides for families, among others.
The four sections proposed by the Prado correspond to a presentation of the artistic promoters in the Museum, the figure of Mariana of Austria, that of Isabel de Borbón and, finally, that of Queen Christina of Sweden.
Source: Europa Press
