Museum and Picture Gallery
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art museum in Vadodara (
Baroda), Gujarāt state, India. It was founded by the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda in 1894 as a representative collection of masterpieces. The building was constructed between 1908 and 1914, and the gallery formally opened in 1921. The museum displays European paintings, especially English portraits by George Romney and examples from the schools of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Sir Peter Lely, and also Indian miniatures, sculpture, folk art, scientific exhibits, and ethnography. Works by Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and Flemish artists are also included.
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