Pinacoteca Rivero

Pinacoteca Rivero, also known as Pinacoteca de Bodegas Tradición, is a private art collection assembled by the Joaquín Rivero family and displayed permanently at Bodegas Tradición in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain. The collection originated in the 1980s through acquisitions by the Rivero family and was officially inaugurated at the bodegas in May 2006, after Joaquín Rivero, then president of Metrovacesa, chose Jerez as its permanent home in August 2005. The gallery is located near the Palacio Riquelme, the Archaeological Museum of Jerez, the Plaza del Mercado, and the Church of San Mateo, forming part of the integral rehabilitation of Jerez's historic centre. It is considered the most important private collection in Andalusia and one of the most relevant in Spain. The collection comprises more than 300 paintings by artists such as Zurbarán, El Greco, Goya, Velázquez, Hiepes, Labrador, Valdés Leal, Maella, Lucas Velázquez, Madrazo, Eugenio Lucas Villaamil, and Carlos de Haes, spanning the 15th to 19th centuries. Beyond exhibitions, the Pinacoteca Rivero conducts parallel activities including engraving and painting workshops, restoration, a library and archive with documents from the 14th century, and cycles of technical and historical conferences.

The Joaquín Rivero Collection originated in the 1980s through acquisitions made by the Rivero family. In 1998, the facilities of Bodegas Tradición were inaugurated. In August 2005, Joaquín Rivero, then president of Metrovacesa, chose Jerez de la Frontera as the permanent seat of his pinacoteca. The pinacoteca was officially installed at the bodegas in May 2006. In 2008, negotiations opened with the City Council regarding the Bodegas Rincón Malillo, so that the Pinacoteca Rivero could expand into the new bodegas. Located in the San Mateo neighbourhood, the projection of the Pinacoteca is part of the urban plan for the integral rehabilitation of the Historic Centre of Jerez. In addition to the exhibition of paintings, the Pinacoteca Rivero carries out other activities such as engraving and painting workshops, restoration, the creation of a library and archive with documents from the 14th century, and cycles of technical and historical conferences.

• 2008

  Negotiations open with the City Council to expand the Pinacoteca Rivero into the Bodegas Rincón Malillo.

• 2006

  The pinacoteca is officially installed at Bodegas Tradición in May.

• 2005

  Joaquín Rivero chooses Jerez de la Frontera as the permanent seat of his pinacoteca.

• 1998

  Facilities of Bodegas Tradición are inaugurated.

• 1980

  The Joaquín Rivero Collection begins through acquisitions by the Rivero family.

Private art collection and cultural space integrated within a historic sherry bodega, considered the most important private collection in Andalusia.

• The Lunch (El Almuerzo) by Diego Velázquez

• Saint Francis of Assisi by El Greco

• The Presentation of the Child in the Temple by Francisco de Goya

• Portrait of Saint Ignatius of Loyola by Francisco de Goya

• Portrait of Saint Francis Xavier by Francisco de Goya

• The Grapes (Las Uvas) by Juan Fernández El Labrador

• The Annunciation by Antonio de Pereda

1. 1Pinacoteca Rivero - Wikipedia (Spanish)es.wikipedia.org
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