Raimundo de Madrazo

SEP.19.2025 ──────── JAN.18.2026

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Salida del baile de máscaras, 1878
Colección particular

Exhibition

SEP.19.2025 ── JAN.18.2026

Where

Recoletos Exhibition Hall
Paseo Recoletos 23, 28004 Madrid

Telf. +34 91 581 61 00 (attention only during the opening hours of the exhibition hall)
cultura@fundacionmapfre.org

Opening hours:
Mondays (except holidays): 2 pm – 8 pm
Tuesday to Saturday: 11 am – 8 pm
Sunday and holidays: 11 am – 7 pm

*The evacuation of the hall starts 10 minutes before closing time. Last access (7:30 pm or 6:30 pm) only allows a 20 minutes tour to the exhibitions.

Closed:
December 25th, January 1st, 5th and 6th

Limited opening hours:
December 24th and 31th: 11 am – 3 pm

General Ticket:
5 €

Free Admission time:
Mondays, 2 pm to 8 pm (except holidays)

How to arrive

Buses: 5 – 14 – 27 – 37 – 45 – 53 – 150
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Subway: Line 4 (Colón), line 2 (Banco de España) and line 5 (Chueca)
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Trains: C-2, C-7, C-8 and C-10
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Audioguides

Available online in Spanish and English. Online format, accessible via mobile without downloads or installations.

Included with the individual ticket. More information in the “Tickets” section.

Accessibility

Ramp for wheelchair access – The three floors of the hall are accessed by a generously-sized elevator.

Services

Locker Service.

Bookshop

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Press

To get the press kit or any other info, just reach out to our Press Office.

At the age of 20, Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841–1920) traveled to Paris to complete his artistic training. In doing so, he followed the family tradition: his grandfather José and his father Federico de Madrazo had studied in the Parisian ateliers of Jacques-Louis David and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, respectively. In contrast to them, the third major representative of the most renowned dynasty of 19th-century Spanish painting did not return to Spain, but instead developed his entire career between Paris and the United States, where he conducted various portrait tours starting in 1897, as his role in the French art scene gradually faded.

In Paris, he initially devoted himself to genre painting, developing a body of work that commanded high prices on the international art market thanks to the meticulous detail of his brilliant interiors and his skills as a master colorist. From the mid-1870s, he progressively turned to portraiture, a genre in which he ultimately became one of the favored portraitists of the Parisian and American high society, who frequented his elegant Parisian atelier. During the 1870s and 1880s, he produced several emblematic works of this genre, masterful examples of cosmopolitan distinction and refinement.

Madrazo achieved his long-awaited official recognition at the 1878 Universal Exposition, where he presented 14 works that earned him a First-Class medal and the Knight’s Cross of the Legion of Honour.

Discredited by later artistic canons, his work has been unjustly overlooked by critics and art history. Organized in collaboration with the Meadows Museum (Dallas), this exhibition recovers, through around one hundred of his most significant works, the artistic language and oeuvre of one of the most cosmopolitan painters of his time.

Curator: Amaya Alzaga

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Tickets

Individual

Individual Ticket (includes audio guide)

Allows to visit Raimundo de Madrazo and Edward Weston. The Matter of Forms.
GENERAL ADMISSION: €5 / REDUCED ADMISSION: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
FREE ADMISSION:
- General Free Admission (€0): Mondays (except holidays) from 2 pm to 8 pm.
- Free admission for eligible groups: Click here to see the groups entitled to free entry and how to obtain these tickets.
AUDIO GUIDE: All individual ticket types (general, reduced, free) include audio guide.
The audio guide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
To avoid disturbing other visitors, please use the audio guide with headphones, which are not included in the ticket price. For reasons of sustainability, we recommend that visitors bring their own. In case you need to purchase them (€1), the option is offered during the online ticket purchase process. They can also be purchased at the ticket office (keeping the corresponding queue) and at the bookshop.
IMPORTANT: The headphones provided are JACK type. Before purchasing them, make sure they are compatible with your mobile device.
If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

Guided Tour (in Spanish)

On a tour lasting approximately one hour, our cultural mediators present the main pieces of the exhibition, offering participants aesthetic and historical insights to deepen their understanding of Raimundo de Madrazo and his significance.
Price: €7. The ticket also allows to visit Edward Weston. The Matter of Shapes.
Hours: TUESDAY to FRIDAY: 12:30 and 17:30 pm. SUNDAYS: 16:30 and 17:30 pm. Groups consist of a maximum of 14 people. Approximate duration: 60 minutes.
IMPORTANT: The visit is carried out in Spanish with an audio-guided system. No translation into english is offered. Disposable headphones are provided, but for sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.

MAPFRE Clients

MAPFRE offers to its policyholders 2 free tickets (4 if Platinum Client) for each exhibition season. To obtain courtesy tickets of MAPFRE, access the online ticket office and follow the purchase process. Tickets are discounted at the end of the purchase process: before payment, the program will request your ID and will automatically activate the free tickets that correspond to you.
You can also get them at the ticket office in the room, presenting your ID.
Invitations must be used in a single visit.
Any question you have, please check these simple instructions.

Collaborating Entities

If you belong to any of the entities that collaborate with Fundación MAPFRE, you must obtain your reduced ticket (€ 1) at the ticket office in the room.

Audio Guide (headphones)

All individual ticket types (general, reduced, free) include audio guide.
The audio guide is accessible online via a QR code available at various points in the exhibition hall. To access it, you will need a mobile device with internet access. If you do not have an active mobile internet connection, you can use the free Wi-Fi available in the exhibition hall.
To avoid disturbing other visitors, please use the audio guide with headphones, which are not included in the ticket price. For reasons of sustainability, we recommend that visitors bring their own. In case you need to purchase them (€1), the option is offered during the online ticket purchase process. They can also be purchased at the ticket office (keeping the corresponding queue) and at the bookshop.
IMPORTANT: The headphones provided are JACK type. Before purchasing them, make sure they are compatible with your mobile device.
If you choose not to use headphones, please keep your cell phone close to your ear and at a low volume.

Groups

Group Visit (Raimundo de Madrazo)

It’s mandatory for the Group Visit to have a guide or person in charge. To request a guide from the Foundation, ask please for information and rates to: cultura@fundacionmapfre.org
The group must be made up of a minimum of 6 pax. a maximum of 15 pax (guide included).
The use of an audio-guiding system is mandatory for the visit. If the group does not have its own, you must add it (€1/pax) during the online purchase process.
Hours: MONDAY: 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm; TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY: 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:00 pm, and 6:00 pm. WEDNESDAY: 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:00 pm, and 6:00 pm. Maximum visit duration: 60 minutes.
The formalization of the booking implies the acceptance of the Rules for the visit, especially those indicated for “Group Tour”.

€3/pax.

Schools

Educational activities for schools are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.

Families

Educational activities for families are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.

IMPORTANT: Before you start the ticket buying process, we strongly recommend that you take into account the following observations:

Tickets changes or returns are not allowed except for justified force majeure.
The purchase of tickets presupposes the acceptance of the Rules for the visit. We recommend reading it before entering the room.
If your visit is scheduled for the late afternoon, please remember that the room is cleared 10 minutes before closing time (8 pm from Tuesday to Saturday; 7 pm on Sundays and holidays).
Fundación MAPFRE is not responsible for the rates, schedules and other information applied on the websites of other entities where tickets for their exhibitions can be purchased.
If the online ticket purchasing process is cancelled, suspended or cut off, please contact our support telephone numbers: +34 915 816 100 (attention exclusively during the opening hours of the exhibition hall).
Other rates for eligible groups (44 KB)

If you need more information about the exhibition, you can see it here.

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