The Prado offers free online access to more than 11,500 publications from the end of the 15th century

The new Digital Library of the Prado Museum, Developed almost entirely with European recovery funds, it offers Free access to 5,600 magazine issues and 6,000 books specializing in artistic literature and published between the late 15th century and early 20th century.

In total, More than 1,700,000 pages have been digitized, the cataloging of 1,400 old books has been reviewed, and another 220 rare books and 2,000 prints contained in drawing books have been cataloged. In many cases, these ‘rare’ books have been written or illustrated with prints by painters such as Dürer, Rubens, Giordano, Anibale Carracci, José de Madrazo, Goya, Paret, Federico de Madrazo, Fortuny, Hogarth, Doré or Toulouse-Lautrec.

This virtual space, in addition to promoting the preservation of bibliographic funds by reducing their use and manipulation, It becomes an “essential” tool for historical-artistic research and has been incorporated into Worldcat, the largest collective catalogue of art libraries and museums worldwide managed by OCLC, and the Art Discovery Group Catalogue.