El Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes de Valladolid, formado tras la Desamortización de Mendizábal, se instaló en el antiguo Colegio de Santa Cruz. Este momento germinal de un museo que reunió una gran colección artística estuvo lleno de dificultades, por la novedad del fenómeno, las carencias económicas y el uso de un edificio concebido para otro fin. Su primer director, el pintor Pedro González, desempeñó las funciones de recolector de obras de arte, catalogador y restaurador.
The first Museum of Fine Arts in Valladolid, founded after the Ecclesiastical Confiscations of Mendizábal, was set up into the ancient Colegio de Santa Cruz. The beginning of this Museum, which collected very important works of Castilian sculpture, was difficult for its newness, lack of money and the use of a building originally conceived for an academic purpose. The first Director, the painter Pedro González, worked as curator, conservator and author of the collection's catalog.
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