El Escorial - Royal Palace Picture Gallery

The Picture Gallery, in the basement story of Philip II's private apartments, the so-called Summer Palace, has a large collection of fine paintings, only a few of which can be mentioned here. In the first two rooms are works by Hieronymus Bosch ("The Crowning with Thorns"), Gerard David, Quentin Metsys, Marinus van Reymerswaele ("The Money-Changers") and Albrecht Dürer. In the next two rooms are Titian ("Last Supper", "St Jerome in Prayer"), Guido Reni, Tintoretto and Veronese. In the adjoining rooms are works by José de Ribera and Diego Velázquez ("Joseph's Robe"). Two rooms in the administrative palace contain important works by El Greco, including "The Martyrdom of St Maurice" (a representation of the saint's martyrdom which displeased