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Video: First look at masterpieces never seen outside Spain

For the first time some of the great Italian masterpieces have left the Museo del Prado. Where have they gone? Australia.
15 May 2014
Deborah Stone
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Guido Reni, Saint Sebastian (San Sebastiano), detail, 1615–20. Oil on canvas, 170.5 x 133.0 cm, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (P00211) Spanish Royal Collection.  
 

In a massive international art coup, the National Gallery of Victoria has 100 Italian masterpieces from Madrid’s Prado Museum.

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Deborah Stone
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Deborah Stone is a Melbourne journalist and communications professional. She is a former Editor of ArtsHub and a former Fairfax feature writer.

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