Lazaro Galdiano Museum Mexico

The neo-Renaissance palazzo, the Parque Florido, has reopened after a comprehensive programme of restoration and refurbishment. The exhibition begins on the ground floor with an assessment of Lazaro's intentions and achievements and offers a taster of what lies in store. Rare books and manuscripts, exquisite caskets of enameled wood, gold and silverware, rock crystal and gemstones, medieval stained glass and Renaissance bronzes all vie for attention. 

Spanish paintings and scultpure are on the first floor in the former private apartments. Apart from the triptychs and panel paintings by medieval masters like Bartolome de Castro, there are canvases by EI Greco, Murillo, Zurbaran, Jose de Ribera, Velazquez and Luis Paret. Don't miss Goya's spooky Witches  and in the adjoining room the Godoy table, fashioned from mahogany, marble and gilded bronze in 1800. The second floor is devoted to European Art from the 15th to the 19th centuries. Most of the major schools are represented and there are works by Quentin Metsys, Hieronymous Bosch, Breughel the Younger, Cranach, Durer, Rembrandt, van Dyck and Tiepolo among the displays of Limoges enamels, Sevres porcelain, cut glass, ivories, French table clocks and miniatures. Admirers of Constable, Gainsborough, Lawrence and Sir Joshua Reynolds are in for a treat.