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The Museo Nacional del Prado and Fundación AXA are presenting the first major monographic exhibition in Spain devoted to Paolo Veronese, one of the most brilliant and admired masters of the Venetian Renaissance.

Veronese was active at a critical time for Venice, when religious tensions were surfacing and the first signs of an economic and political decline were becoming evident, all masterfully camouflaged by the brushes of an artist who decisively contributed to capturing in images the "myth of Venice" that has survived to this day. Furthermore, like all great artists, Veronese transcended his own time. The beauty and elegance of his compositions captivated collectors and artists for centuries, from Philip IV and Louis XIV to Rubens, Velázquez, Delacroix and Cézanne.

These and other themes are reflected in the exhibition through more than 100 works loaned from prestigious international institutions, including the Musée du Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery, London, the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, and the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. These works establish dialogues with key paintings from the Prado’s own collection.