Museu de Belles Arts de València

The Museu de Belles Arts de València (Valencian pronunciation: [muˈzɛw ðe ˈbeʎez ˈaɾdz de vaˈlensi.a]; Spanish: Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia; English: "Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia") is an art gallery in Valencia, Spain, founded in 1913. It houses some 2,000 works, most dating from the 14th–17th centuries, including a Self portrait of Diego Velázquez, a St. John the Baptist by El Greco, Goya's Playing Children, Gonzalo Pérez's Altarpiece of Sts. Ursula, Martin and Antony and a Madonna with Writing Child and Bishop by the Italian Renaissance master Pinturicchio. It houses a large series of engravings by Giovan Battista Piranesi.

Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia
Museu de Belles Arts de València
External view of the museum
Established24 July 1913
Location9 San Pío V street – Valencia, (Spain)
Coordinates39.479°N 0.371°W / 39.479; -0.371
TypeArt museum
CuratorGeneralitat Valenciana
WebsiteMuseum of Fine Arts of Valencia

The museum is in the St. Pius V Palace, built in the 17th–18th centuries. It has also sections dedicated to sculpture, to contemporary art and to archaeological findings.

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