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in Europe when Charles III employed two artists classicism. It was only with Goya at the end of
with totally opposing ways of understanding the century that a Spanish painter once again
and practising painting: the Venetian Giovanni dominated the court scene. The Prado and its
Battista Tiepolo, a brilliant descendent of the collections reflect the history of Spain, whose
great tradition of art, and the Bohemian trained waning role on the international stage in the 19th
in Rome, Anton Rafael Mengs, the herald of Neo- century reduced its appeal for foreign artists.
Fra Angelico, The Annunciation, Oil on panel, 194 x 194 cm, ca. 1426
© Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
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