Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba

The Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba gathers a wide collection of Cordovan art made in the city from the 14th century to the present day. It was inaugurated in 1862 and since then has maintained its location in the Plaza del Potro, on the old Hospital de la Caridad. In addition, it is also the main seat of the Julio Romero de Torres Museum.

This building was named a monument of Cultural Interest in 1962, certifying its historical importance and becoming a key tourist element of the city.

Location of the Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba

The Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba is located at number 1 of the Plaza del Potro, sharing facilities with the Julio Romero de Torres Museum. The Plaza del Potro is a unique place within the streets of Cordoba, forming part of the old town and housing different tourist elements of great relevance as the Posada del Potro, a Triumph of San Rafael and an iconic fountain that gives it its name. As a curiosity, this place is named in the excellent work Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes.

How to get to the Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba

The Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba is located in the center of the city, so you can easily walk from other important monuments. There are also bus lines and cab stops nearby.

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How to get to the Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba from the Plaza de las Tendillas

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Ticket Prices of the Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba

The Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba is free for all citizens of the European Union.

On the other hand, for non-EU visitors, the price is 1.5€.

Horario del Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba

The Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba divides its hours between two time slots: winter and summer:

Summer Hours (July and August).
From Tuesday to Saturday: from 9:00 to 21:00 hours.
Sundays and holidays: 9:00 to 15:00 hours.
Mondays: Closed, except holiday eves.

Winter Hours (September to June)
Tuesdays to Sundays and holidays: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Monday: Closed, except holiday eves.

History of the Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba

The Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba was born after the disentailment of Mendizábal in 1835. In that year, commissions were created to manage all the public patrimony and guarantee its care, generally personalities from the world of art and culture. In the case of Cordoba, Ramon Aguilar Fernandez de Cordoba, Luis Maria Ramirez de las Casas-Deza and Diego Monroy Aguilera, collected books and brought together works of artistic value to form the initial collection of the museum, which was inaugurated in 1862.

The institution established its headquarters in the Plaza del Potro, in the old Hospital de la Caridad, being its first director Rafael Romero Barros, father of the Cordovan painter Julio Romero de Torres.

It is a Plateresque building and although it underwent several extensions and renovations, it currently maintains its Renaissance style. In fact, the museum itself is already a tourist monument and is worth a visit. It has a courtyard of orange trees and a baroque staircase with wooden coffered ceiling.

Halls of the Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba

The Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba has works that cover a wide variety of styles and artists, from Italian Renaissance, Baroque and especially nineteenth-century painting. Bartolomé Bermejo, Luis de Morales, Valdés Leal, Ribera, Zurbarán, Murillo, Antonio del Castillo or the sculptor Mateo Inurria, are just some of the great artists whose works are exhibited in the museum.

The main collection is made up of Andalusian artists from different periods, ranging from paintings and drawings to contemporary sculptures:

Room I: Cordovan Baroque Art

This room is dedicated to authors such as Juan Luis Zambrano, Cristóbal de Vela Cobo or Juan de Valdés Leal have works. Despite this, the main protagonist is Antonio del Castillo, with his work in a reference position. In addition, the room has a small sculpture by Juan de Mesa from Córdoba.

Room II: Cordoban Art of the 18th and 19th Centuries

The second room of the museum corresponds to works whose origin dates back from the second half of the eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century. The works of Bujalance, Antonio Palomino, or Pedro Duque Cornejo, who is the author of the spectacular choir stalls of the Cathedral of Cordoba, stand out. On the other hand, we find 19th century paintings by Rafael Romero Barros and his sons, Rafael, Enrique and Julio Romero de Torres.

Room III: Cordoban Art of the 20th Century

The third room focuses on the Cordovan art of the twentieth century whose main protagonist is Mateo Inurria Lainosa, master sculptor from Cordoba, whose works can be admired throughout his artistic life. On the other hand, we find works by Rafael Botí, Manuel Garnelo, Equipo 57, Julio and Enrique Romero de Torres.

Room IV: Drawings and prints

It is not a fixed exhibition, so you can find varied works of various authors such as Antonio del Castillo, Pedro de Campaña or José de Ribera.

Room V: Medieval and Renaissance Art

The fifth room concentrates works from the 14th to 16th centuries, beginning with the “early Cordovan school”, represented by Baltasar del Águila, Pedro Romana, Pedro de Córdoba and Alejo Fernández.
In addition, two fragments of murals stand out, a Christ and a Virgin from the middle of the 14th century, which were recovered from the old Main Chapel of the Cathedral of Cordoba.

Room VI: Cordovan Mannerism

The sixth and last room of the Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba is an exhibition of Cordovan Mannerism, with works by local referents such as Pablo de Céspedes, Juan de Peñalosa, Antonio Mohedano or Cristóbal de Vela Cobo.
It highlights the work of “The Assumption of the Virgin” by Juan de Peñalosa, found in the Old Hospital of San Sebastian.

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