# SC El Prado Masterpieces > Explore and learn about masterpieces from Museo del Prado in gigapixel detail. (iPhone/iPad app by MUSEO NACIONAL DEL PRADO DIFUSIÓN SA.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sc-el-prado-masterpieces/id830254495 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [MUSEO NACIONAL DEL PRADO DIFUSIÓN SA](https://appshunter.io/developer/623358755) - Category: Education, Entertainment - Price: $3.99 with in-app purchases - Rating: 3.30/5 from 7 App Store ratings · 13 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 12+ - Requires: iOS 12.0 · 36 MB - Languages: American English, European Spanish - Released: 2014-03-20 - Data updated: 2026-06-04 - Monetization: free with in-app purchases - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sc-el-prado-masterpieces/id830254495/reviews.md ## What is SC El Prado Masterpieces? Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces is your tool for exploring the masterpieces of Western painting like never before. Discover, navigate, learn, teach and share from your iPad or iPhone, with the option of hooking it up to your TV screen. Created by the Museo del Prado and Madpixel, Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces, allows you to explore the 14 masterpieces from the museum’s collection, including Las Meninas by Velázquez, The Garden of Earthly Delights by Bosch and Self-Portrait by Dürer, in gigapixel resolution. You can also interact with them, choose your favorite detail and share it with your friends on social networks. Works available in Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces: • The Third of May, 1808 in Madrid. Francisco de Goya. • Jacob’s Dream. José de Ribera. • Las Meninas or The Family of Philip IV. Diego Velázquez. • The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest. El Greco. • Crucifixion. Juan de Flandes. • The Annunciation. Fra Angelico. • The Cardinal. Raphael. • Equestrian Portrait of Charles V at Mühlberg. Titian. • Immaculate Conception. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. • Descent from the Cross. Roger van der Weyden. • The Garden of Earthly Delights. Hieronymus Bosch. • The Three Graces. Peter Paul Rubens. • Judith at the Banquet of Holofernes. Rembrandt. You have also available the Prado’s copy of the Mona Lisa, by the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci, as in-app purchase. Content description: • Extra material for each masterpiece, links to additional information, audioguide and sign language guide. • Super-zoom to discover hidden details. • X-ray and ultraviolet vision to see the drawing under the painting for featured works. • Discover amazing stories about each painting, detail by detail. • Tell your own stories on social networks, selecting the details you want to share in ultra-high resolution. • Connect your iPad/iPhone to your TV at home (via AirPlay, AppleTV or cable) or projector at school to see the masterpieces in full screen while interacting with your touch device. • Twitter integration allows you to read the opinions of other users within the app itself, which is why each masterpiece has its own hashtag. • Share your experience, with images, on social networks and by email.. • Download the details with their stories so they can be accessed even when you’re offline or in airplane mode. • Over 60 related works in HD that places each painting within its historical context and in relation to other works by the artist and his contemporaries. • Automatic recognition of our collection artworks through your device's camera, and direct access to its corresponding content in the app We hope you enjoy Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces. Tell us about your experience with the app and help us improve by emailing us at: SCPrado@secondcanvas.net For more information about Second Canvas: www.secondcanvas.net www.museodelprado.es For the first time ever new Bosch masterpieces can be seen in Gigapixel resolution. These paintings are available in the app Second Canvas Museo del Prado Bosch: • The Adoration of the Magi Triptych. • The Adoration of the Magi Triptych (closed): The Mass of Saint Gregory • Table of the Seven Deadly Sins. • The Haywain Triptych. • The Haywain Triptych (closed): The Pilgrimage of Life • The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych (closed): The Third Day of Creation. • The Garden of Earthly Delights Triptych (already included in Second Canvas Museo del Prado Masterpieces). ## Key features - Gigapixel resolution exploration - Interactive masterpiece details - Audioguide and sign language guide - X-ray and ultraviolet vision - Offline access to downloaded content - TV/projector connectivity - Automatic artwork recognition ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: $3.99. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Gioconda Prado gigapixel | $0.99 | one-time | ## Recent user reviews (10 of 13) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sc-el-prado-masterpieces/id830254495/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Useless in the museum *2022-11-04* 1. The AR scanning does not work at all! 2. There is no public wifi in Prado, and cell signal was very poor, cannot connect the app to internet to use. 3. Tried to download the offline, and the downloading doesn’t work either. Overall, a complete waste of money and a total scam! ### 5/5 — Wow! *2022-05-29, version 2.3* We need more apps like this one. Many thanks to the developpers. ### 1/5 — Needs internet connection *2019-04-24* Needs an Internet connection to work. There is no Wi-Fi at the museum, except at the cafeteria. So it seems like the only practical way to use this app is to download the off-line material before visiting. The offline material couldn’t be downloaded while at the museum, so this was a complete waste to me. ### 1/5 — Usability *2018-11-21* Not usable at the museum. ### 2/5 — Not enough content *2017-12-10, version 2.0* For the price of a museum ticket admission, the app is lacking in content and updates. While the representation provides an up-close and multi-dimensional way to examine the art pieces, 14 paintings are too few as a set. I hope the museum would expand the app in the future. ### 5/5 — This changes everything *2015-06-27* I purchased this app on my iPad a year or so ago. I have spent many hours in museums all of my life, love painting, and have closely studied the techniques of artists from many periods, and I have visited the Prado twice. This is something entirely different than what you can see in a museum. The images are astonishingly clear and beautiful. If you don't see that, remember that you have to wait for the images to load, especially when you zoom in on a tiny area to see the texture of a single brushstroke and the way its pigment dispersed across the surface of the support or other layers of paint. What you see at first is nothing like what happens as sections of the image come into full focus one patch at a time. The detail develops in front of you as you watch. I have particular favorites: the Bosch triptych was my reason for purchase; and having visited the museum I thought I knew the painting well. The truth is that I saw it for the first time with this app. I really had had no idea of who Bosch was as an artist : and northern renaissance painting is my main interest in art. There is a Bosch painting just 30 minutes from my home and another a few hours away. You just can't see this in the museum: the lighting is much too dim to really see the color and detail as it would be in full daylight, and you can't get nearly close enough to see into the layers of paint. In the app the lighting is wonderfully strong and every pigment radiates its true texture and brilliance. If you know pigments well enough you will often be able to tell exactly what pigments were used and understand how the paint was applied to create each subtle effect. In viewing Bosch I could see the colors, and the improvisation of his brushstrokes, and the living exuberance of his visual energy was nothing like what I had expected. I think many of the Bosch experts may have to completely change their minds about Bosch after really exploring the paintings this way. Once you see the physicality of the work this clearly his emotional intentions are no longer ambiguous. He adores the world and the illusions he created, both delightful or frightening. He is a master dramatist, not a moralist. Unexpected treasures: the early Durer portrait equally changed my mind about this man: the almost erotic playfulness of his background landscape and the way the liquid paint moved and slid into each other strokes was nothing like what I expected - perhaps more mysterious and improvisational even than the landscape in the Mona Lisa (the Louvre offered a gigapixel version last year- I'm not sure if it's still available, but I downloaded it at the time.) Again it was a completely different experience of the painting and the artist than I expected. The same was true for Fra Angelico. Again, I had completely under estimated his work. The colors and illusions are simply exquisite. Frosty, as fresh as morning sunlight, jewel like colors. When looking at the way Raphael's brushstrokes created the lips on the portrait of a cardinal I realized I was learning more about painting than in 50 previous years of study and practice. My hope is that options will be offered to add many more paintings and that every museum in the world will offer something like this. ### 5/5 — Marvellous *2014-06-09, version 1.1* I echo other comments here. This is great value for money. Great information on the artworks and artists and beautifully designed. The app is worth it for the viewing of the "The Garden of Earthly Delights" triptych alone. The gigapixel resolution brings the art gallery to your home. Excellent work all around. ### 5/5 — Staggering *2014-03-27, version 1.1* I cannot believe the number of times I have downloaded art apps, only to find the paintings are low res poor quality images. This is unbelievable, of the fourteen featured paintings you can zoom in to see the individual brushstrokes, it's like standing in front of the real paintings. With essays, audio and background information including X ray images of some of the paintings it's easily the most impressive app I have ever seen ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2014-03-27, version 1.1* What the guy before me said. ### 3/5 — The Prado Deserves Better *2014-03-27* The quality of the reproductions is disappointing. If you don't think so, look at the Leonardo (which you have to pay an extra dollar for) and then look at the Rembrandt self portrait. ## Frequently asked questions about SC El Prado Masterpieces ### What masterpieces are available in SC El Prado Masterpieces? SC El Prado Masterpieces features 14 masterpieces from the Museo del Prado's collection, including works by Velázquez, Bosch, and Dürer. The Prado's copy of the Mona Lisa is available as an in-app purchase. ### Can I use SC El Prado Masterpieces offline? Yes, you can download details and their stories for offline access. This allows you to explore the masterpieces even when you're offline or in airplane mode. ### What special viewing features does SC El Prado Masterpieces offer? The app offers super-zoom to discover hidden details, and for featured works, it includes X-ray and ultraviolet vision to see the drawing beneath the painting. ### How does SC El Prado Masterpieces help me learn about the art? Each masterpiece comes with extra material, links to additional information, an audioguide, and a sign language guide. You can also discover stories about each painting detail by detail. ### Can I connect SC El Prado Masterpieces to a larger screen? Yes, you can connect your iPad or iPhone to your TV or a projector. This allows you to view the masterpieces in full screen while still interacting with your touch device. ### What is the price of SC El Prado Masterpieces? SC El Prado Masterpieces is available for $3.99. There is also an in-app purchase for the Prado's copy of the Mona Lisa. ### What devices support SC El Prado Masterpieces? SC El Prado Masterpieces supports iPhone, iPad, iPod, and Apple TV. It is designed for iOS devices. ### How often is SC El Prado Masterpieces updated? The latest version is 2.6, and it was last updated on November 16, 2025. Updates typically include new content or feature enhancements. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.6 — 2025-11-16 - Enhanced user experience and new design for artwork storytelling. - Minor fixes and performance improvements. ### 2.3 — 2019-10-30 Minor bugs fixed. ### 2.2 — 2019-10-16 Improvements and bugs fixed. ### 2.1 — 2018-04-03 Now the app incorporates two interesting new features: -The possibility of using the camera of your device to automatically recognize, on any medium, the artworks contained in the app, and thus access all their interactive and multimedia content. -A new social network, Instagram, in which to share any detail of any work. ### 2.0 — 2016-10-27 - Enjoy this brand new versión, with new design and even better performance. - Save more free space on your device with this new tiny version. 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