The National Museum of Art of Romania, located in the former royal palace in the center of Bucharest, Romania, features notable collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as the international collection assembled by the Romanian royal family.

The museum was damaged during the fighting connected to the downfall of Nicolae Ceauşescu in 1989. It 2000, part of the museum reopened to the public; the excellent medieval collection, which now features works salvaged from monasteries destroyed during the Ceauşescu era, reopened only in spring 2002.

The modern Romanian collection features sculptures by Constantin Brâncuşi and Dimitrie Paciurea and paintings by Theodor Aman , Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Pallady , Gheorghe Patrascu , and Gheorghe Tattarescu .

The international collection includes works by Old Masters such as Domenico Veneziano, El Greco, Tintoretto, Jan van Eyck, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens, and Rembrandt, plus a smattering of works by impressionists such as Claude Monet and Alfred Sisley. Among the most famous Old Master works in the collection are Jacopo Amigoni's portrait of the singer Farinelli, a Crucifixion by Antonello da Messina, and Alonso Cano's Christ At The Column.

External link

• Official site of the museum
• Site about the building itself