The restorer María Antonia López Asiaín comments on the restoration of the three panels of the The Master of Frankfurt Triptych, a work that has been recently recovered and presented as a unitary triptych thanks to the acquisition of the panel by the Museum in 2008.

Javier Barón, Head of 19th Painting Department, comments the painting The Pearl and the Wave by Paul Baudry as part of the educational programme 'The Prado speaks', an activity that takes place every Friday at noon, in which the museum's professionals comment on works of the collection.

Explanatory video about the new hanging of the Collection in the Museum's main floor.

Manuela Mena, chief curator of XVIII century painting and Goya at the Museum, commments on the importance of this Goya painting, the first documented work of the artist, that belongs to the Fundación Selgas-Fagalde, which will be on deposit for six years

In this video, artists Jim Hodges, Liz Larner, Virgil Marti, Richard Rezac, and John Torreano discuss the experience of working on The Jewel Thief and the challenges and excitement of being part of this eclectic group exhibition.

Young viewers can enjoy the show in Antoine Watteau’s 18th-century painting “The Italian Comedians,” which was inspired by performances of the “Comedie Italienne,” a troupe of Italian actors who performed throughout France in the 17th and 18th centuries. The figures in Watteau’s painting are dressed in costumes typical of the “commedia dell'arte” theater, and depict masked stock characters such as the clown, the musician, and the old man. Can you spot the jester? On view in the West Building, Gallery 54. http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=32687

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In this video from the Children’s Video Tour, viewers are introduced to the painting “Forest Scene” by Jacob van Ruisdael. This masterpiece from the Gallery’s collection is an impressive example of a Dutch landscape painting, which was painted by the artist in the 17th century. The artist specialized in painting the countryside, carefully observing nature to capture the colors and textures of the earth, trees, and plants. But even though this forest scene looks realistic, it does not depict an actual location in the Dutch countryside.

Take a tour of the famous Pantheon, one of the grandest buildings in Rome, in this video from the Children’s Video Tour. The painter, Giovanni Paolo Panini, was an Italian artist who was both an architect and a painter. His paintings captured the excitement of the city and were popular with visiting tourists, who took them home as souvenirs just as people take home postcards today. The Pantheon’s impressive architecture has inspired many buildings, including the Rotunda of the National Gallery of Art! On view in the West Building, Gallery 30. http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f?object=165