National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest

The National Museum of Art of Romania is located in the former royal palace in Revolution Square, central Bucharest, built in 1937. The museum holds notable collections of medieval and modern Romanian art, as well as international works assembled by the Romanian royal family.

The museum was damaged during the 1989 Romanian Revolution that led to the downfall of Nicolae Ceauşescu. In 2000, part of the museum reopened to the public, housing the modern Romanian collection and the international collection; the comprehensive medieval art collection, which now features works salvaged from monasteries destroyed during the Ceauşescu era, reopened in spring 2002. There are also two halls that house temporary exhibits.

The modern Romanian collection features sculptures by Constantin Brâncuşi and Dimitrie Paciurea, as well as paintings by Theodor Aman, Nicolae Grigorescu, Theodor Pallady, Gheorghe Petraşcu, 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 presented here are Jacopo Amigoni's portrait of singer Farinelli, Crucifixion by Antonello da Messina, and Alonso Cano's Christ at the Column.