creator la maja desnuda
The Prado Museum is the main Spanish national art museum , located in central Madrid . It features one of the world ' s finest collections of European art , dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century , based on the former Spanish Royal Collection , and unquestionably the best single collection of Spanish art . Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture in 1819 , it also contains important collections of other types of works . El Prado is one of the most visited sites in the world , and is considered one of the greatest museums of art in the world . The numerous works by ___MASK82___ , the single most extensively represented artist , as well as by Diego Velázquez , El Greco , Titian , Peter Paul Rubens and Hieronymus Bosch are some of the highlights of the collection . The Clothed Maja is a painting by the Spanish painter ___MASK82___ between 1800 and 1805 . It is a clothed version of the earlier " La maja desnuda " ( 1797  1800 ) and is exhibited next to it in the same room at the Prado Museum in Madrid . The painting was first owned by Prime Minister Manuel de Godoy , who was known as an avid womanizer , and originally hung in his home in front of the " Naked Maja " in such a manner that the " Naked Maja " could be revealed at any time with the help of a pulley mechanism . It was twice in the collection of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando , also in Madrid , being " sequestered " by the Spanish Inquisition between 1814 and 1836 , and has been in the Museo del Prado since 1901 . The Nude Maja ( Spanish : La Maja Desnuda ) is a name given to a c . 1797 - 1800 oil on canvas painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya . It portrays a nude woman reclining on a bed of pillows , and was probably commissioned by Manuel de Godoy , to hang in his private collection in a separate cabinet reserved for nude paintings . Goya created a pendant of the same woman identically posed , but clothed , known today as La maja vestida ( The Clothed Maja ) ; also in the Prado , it is usually hung next to La maja desnuda . The subject is identified as a maja based on her costume in La maja vestida . The painting is renowned for the straightforward and unashamed gaze of the model towards the viewer . It has also been cited as among the earliest Western artwork to depict a nude woman ' s pubic hair without obvious negative connotations ( such as in images of prostitutes ) . With this work Goya not only upset the ecclesiastical authorities , but also titillated the public and extended the artistic horizon of the day . It has been in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since 1901 .