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The Year of the Famine in Madrid (1818) by José Aparicio, the painting at the centre of the exhibition

Museo del PradoPaseo del Prado

The Famine Painting

Ended27 April 2026 – 13 September 2026€15

This exhibition has ended.

Traces the rise and fall of José Aparicio's The Year of the Famine in Madrid (1818), once the Prado's most admired painting, now largely forgotten.

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