Famous artworks in Spain and where to see them

Nearly every work on this list is in one of two Madrid museums, the Prado and the Reina Sofía. For Picasso, Dalí or Miró, you'll have to travel a little further.

The most searched-for works

Work	Artist	Date	Where
Las Meninas	Velázquez	1656	Prado, Room 12
The Surrender of Breda	Velázquez	About 1635	Prado, Room 9A
The Third of May	Goya	1814	Prado, Room 64
Saturn	Goya	1820–1823	Prado, Room 67
The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest	El Greco	—	Prado, Room 8B
The Garden of Earthly Delights	Bosch	1490–1500	Prado, Room 56A
Guernica	Picasso	1937	Reina Sofía, Room 205.10
Face of the Great Masturbator	Dalí	1929	Reina Sofía, Room 205.13
Pintura (La mancha roja)	Miró	1925	Reina Sofía, Room 206.02
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz	El Greco	—	Church of Santo Tomé, Toledo

Rooms change. The Reina Sofía warns that its collections are being reworked until 2028, so check the room before you go.

Painter by painter

• Velázquez and Goya. The Prado covers everything in the table. Saturn is one of the Black Paintings.
• El Greco. In Toledo, the Orgaz at Santo Tomé, which has its own ticket, and the Museo del Greco. In Madrid, the Prado.
• Picasso. Three stops: Guernica at the Reina Sofía; the Las Meninas series, donated by the painter himself in 1968, at the Museu Picasso in Barcelona; and the Museo Picasso Málaga, a separate institution.
• Dalí. The Theatre-Museum in Figueres is the main visit. The Reina Sofía will do if you're not leaving Madrid.
• Miró. The Fundació Joan Miró on Montjuïc and, in Madrid, the Reina Sofía.
• Sorolla. As of 4 November 2026, the house of the Sorolla Museum in Madrid is closed for works, and you can only visit its extension building, with free entry. Check what's on show before planning a visit.

One day in Madrid

The Prado in the morning and the Reina Sofía in the afternoon cover most of the table, but remember the Reina Sofía closes on Tuesdays. To add the Thyssen, look at the Paseo del Arte.