Sunday, January 21, 2007

Museo de Arte de Ponce





The Museo de Arte de Ponce boasts the most extensive collection of European and Latin art in the Caribbean and contains the second largest collection of religious art in the world. Puerto Rico's former governor Luis A Ferre donated the museum, which contains noteworthy pre-Raphaelite and baroque works. The museaum contains works by Puerto Rican artists such Francisco Oller; Latin American painters such as Bartolome Murillo; and Europeans such as Peter Paul Rubens, Auguste Rodin, and Thomas Gainsborough. The signature painting of the Museum is Flaming June, by Frederick Leighton,

1 comment:

Enid said...

Thank you for this post. It is a beautiful place full of many treasures.