Since the Museo Real opened its doors on 19th November 1819 with works from the Royal Collections, this institution has served as one of the leading depositaries for the history of Western art, a key point of reference for Spanish culture and an object of collective pride. Some two hundred years after it was founded, the Museo del Prado would like to reflect on all this and share its celebrations, especially with those who visit the exhibition that is taking place over almost four months in Halls A and B, an exhibition designed to provide a rich insight into the Museum’s development and historical significance. Organised by Javier Portús, Chief Curator of Spanish Painting (up to 1700) at the Prado, in his own words the exhibition “proposes a chronological journey through the Museum’s evolution, which enables us to highlight the aspects that have made this a living institution, one that has been especially influenced by the

Highlights of the magnificent art collection assembled by Charles II following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 have gone on display in a new exhibition on view at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse. Exploring the rich world of Charles II’s court and the role of the arts in the re-establishment of the Stuart monarchy, Charles II: Art & Power includes more than 100 works of art from the Royal Collection, the majority of which are on display in Scotland for the first time. On 29 May 1660, his 30th birthday, Charles II made his triumphant return to London, ending more than a decade of Republican rule following the execution of his father Charles I in 1649. Over the 25 years that followed, the court of Charles II became the centre for the patronage of leading artists and the collecting of great works of art, which served to decorate the royal apartments, glorify the restored monarchy and reinforce the position of Charles II as the rightful King. One of the first acts of

This specimen had a skull of only four centimeters. Dr. Federico Agnolin, researcher at the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences (MACN) and CONICET, told the CTyS-UNLaM Agency that “this new species is an ancestor, a kind of grandfather of the dinosaurs and, by the shape of its teeth, we interpreted that it fed on insects that it captured nimbly among the ancient Texan forests “. After the great extinction of the Permian – the greatest extinction the Earth has ever known – a new era began, the Triassic period, and in which the dinosaurs originated. But dinosaurs did not dominate the world with ease and it took them millions of years to reach gigantic sizes. “The skull of the Soumyasaurus has many features that makes us think of the current birds, while we were able to recognize that it had a very sharp ear and a spectacular vision,” said the Argentinean researcher who carried out this research together with the specialists Volkan Sarıgül and Sankar Chatterjee of the Texas Museum.