Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes ( MNBA ) is a Brazilian Museum in Rio de Janeiro.
The art museum was founded in 1937 by an initiative of the Minister of Education Gustavo Capanema. 1938, the museum was inaugurated by the Brazilian President Getúlio Vargas.
The museum is based in its early days on the flight of the Portuguese King John VI. from Lisbon and the driving parts of the Portuguese art collection to Rio de Janeiro in 1807. these works of art remained in Brazil, as John VI. returned to Portugal. Later these works were part of the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes, an Institute of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. When the National Museum was founded in 1937, the art collection was housed in the building built in 1908. The museum building was designed by architect Adolfo Morales de los Rios ( 1858-1928 ).
The Museum of Fine Arts is one of the most important cultural institutions in Brazil. In art it is one of the most important museums of Brazilian art, particularly paintings and sculptures from the 19th century. The art collection includes more than 16,000 objects, including paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints by Brazilian and international artists since the Middle Ages to the Modern Art. The library consists of over 19,000 titles. In 1973, the National Museum has been added to the list of Brazilian heritage.
Gallery
Giovanni Maria Bottalla, Deucalion and Pyrrha ( 1635 ), one of the paintings of John VI. brought to Brazil
The collection of plastistischen copies of ancient statues of the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
Victor Meirelles - The First Mass in Brazil, 1861
Pedro Américo - Battle of Avaí (1872-1877)
Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Luigi Omodei ( 1670 )
Jan Boeckhorst - Pegasus ( 1675-1680 ).
Pedro Weingartner - Chegou tarde!
August Müller: Retrato de Grandjean de Montigny
Almeida Júnior: O derrubador brasileiro, 1875
Rodolfo Amoedo: Último Tamoio, 1883
José Correia de Lima: Retrato do marinheiro Simão, o carvoeiro, 1853-57