Wender·Vista
Museo del Prado
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileSpain
on the Paseo del Prado in central Madrid

Museo del Prado

— — the room where Las Meninas keeps the light.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“Spain's national painting museum, set along the Paseo del Prado between the Retiro park and Atocha station. Velázquez, Goya, El Greco, Bosch — eight centuries of European painting under one neoclassical roof opened in 1819. The galleries hold a particular hush. The room with Las Meninas is the one most visitors stop in twice, once on the way in and once on the way out.

from the studio
Museo del Prado
— bring it home

Museo del Prado, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Museo del Prado

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The Museo Nacional del Prado opened on 19 November 1819 in a Juan de Villanueva building originally designed as a natural-history cabinet for Charles III. Its core holding is the Spanish royal collection, augmented across two centuries by donations and acquisitions. The museum now lists more than 8,200 paintings, of which roughly 1,300 hang in the public galleries. The Villanueva building, the Casón del Buen Retiro and the Jerónimos extension by Rafael Moneo together cover about 60,000 square metres.

— the stone

Juan de Villanueva designed the original building in 1785 in late Spanish neoclassical style, with a long granite-and-brick facade running along the Paseo del Prado. The Civil War damaged parts of the structure; restoration finished in 1968. Rafael Moneo's 2007 extension wrapped the cloister of the adjacent Jerónimos church into the museum, adding 16,000 square metres of galleries, conservation studios and shop without breaking the line of the older facade.

— the visit

The Prado sits on the Paseo del Prado opposite the Thyssen-Bornemisza, a few minutes' walk from Atocha station and the Retiro park. It opens Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday until 7 p.m., with free entry in the last two hours each day. The main visitors' entrance is the Puerta de los Jerónimos, behind the seated bronze of Velázquez. Photography is not permitted in the galleries.

— where
Spain · Madrid, Community of Madrid
— position
40.4138° N · 3.6921° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
0.4 km NW
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
art museum
0.5 km E
Retiro Park
historic park
0.8 km S
Atocha Station
rail station
N
Museo del Prado
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Retiro Park
Atocha Station
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Museo del Prado — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Spain's national painting museum, opened in 1819 along the Paseo del Prado in Madrid. It holds the Spanish royal collection and is the principal European museum for the work of Velázquez, Goya and El Greco.

Velázquez's Las Meninas (1656), Goya's The Third of May 1808 and the Black Paintings, Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights, and El Greco's The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest.

The museum opened to the public on 19 November 1819 under Ferdinand VII, in a Juan de Villanueva building originally designed during the reign of Charles III as a cabinet of natural history.

The museum lists more than 8,200 paintings in its catalogue, of which roughly 1,300 are on view in the public galleries at any one time. Sculpture, drawings and decorative arts add several thousand more works.

On the Paseo del Prado in central Madrid, opposite the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum and a short walk north of Atocha station. The Retiro park lies immediately to the east.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The Prado is the cultural anchor of the city, and most Madrileños have a favourite room. A Medium or Large with a studio note carries well as a housewarming or anniversary piece.

The deep reds, golds and bronzes echo the museum's gallery walls. The piece sits well with Old-World Maximalist, warm Mid-century, and Spanish-modern interiors built around oak, terracotta and dark leather.

A single Large frames a standard sofa or console. The 4-tile Mural carries the full neoclassical facade; a 9-tile Mural fills a long wall in a library or study.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both resist humidity and minor scratches, suiting the piece to a backsplash, a shower wall, or above a kitchen hob.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in the studio's own visual language and finished in-house in Knoxville. The work is not licensed from any outside source and exists nowhere else.

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