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The birth of a museum is always an adventure novel. The birth of a great museum can rival an epic. In her lecture, Tatyana Pigareva explains how the Prado differs from other museums, why its collection contains only one Rembrandt and ninety Rubens, and how the Mona Lisa came to be in the collection. The lecturer is Tatyana Pigareva, a Spanish philologist, art historian, exhibition curator, acting director of the Cervantes Institute in Moscow, and the author of three books, including the publication Spain from I to Ya. Telegram channel "PI-ART. Art and Spain" https://t.me/piart_isp __________ Many retired Russian artists dreamed of visiting the Prado Museum, but few ever made it there. For example, Boris Kustodiev, whose copies of Velazquez's works from the Prado Museum are presented at the "Excellent Students" exhibition until May 21: https://excellent.rusimp.su/