Teatro de grandeza. Arte

Exhibition devoted to the art, architecture and urban planning of Madrid between the 16th and 18th centuries, with works from national and international museums and institutions, at the Teatro Fernán Gómez. Centro Cultural de la Villa.

The exhibition brings together paintings and other pieces to reconstruct how the Villa y Corte looked during the Baroque period, focusing on its buildings, its urban layouts and the artistic production that accompanied them. The project is part of the Madrid Barroco programme, promoted by the Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural y Paisaje Urbano of Madrid City Council. Many of the works, most of them not shown in previous exhibitions, are being displayed to the public for the first time.

The project has been curated by Delfín Rodríguez Ruiz and Fernando Checa Cremades, with Helena Pérez Gallardo as technical curator. The pieces come from a wide range of lenders, including the Museo de Historia de Madrid, the Archivo de Villa, the Biblioteca Nacional de España, the Museo Nacional del Prado, the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza and Patrimonio Nacional, as well as international institutions such as the Albertina Museum in Vienna, the Galería degli Uffizi in Florence, the Biblioteca Laurenziana or the Vatican Museums.

The route is designed for those who want to explore the history of the capital through the lens of painting, architecture and urban planning, and for those who wish to discover the Madrid de los Austrias through the works and the spaces that housed them.