The Museo del Prado is making more than 400 audiovisual archives available, spanning 100 years of its history
(Artdaily.org)

The Museo del Prado, in collaboration with the Filmoteca and Radio Televisión Española (RTVE) and with the generous participation of private companies and individuals, has created a new documentary archive which, for the first time and during its Bicentenary year, offers a survey of the audiovisual history of the Museo del Prado. Among the results is the new availability of the previously unseen documentary “Introduction to the Museo del Prado” (1985) by Basilio Martín Patino with photographic direction by Juan Maríne, as well as the restoration of five short films that required urgent conservation: “Velázquez” (1937) by Ramón Berreiro; “Mythology in the Prado: Rubens” (1948) by José María Elorrieta; “The lost Paradise” (1948) by Luciano Emmer and Enrico Gras (pioneers in the production of art documentaries); “Goya in the