From the 16th century the Netherlands were governed by the Spanish crown and this explains the wealth of Flemish paintings in the Prado. The collections of paintings by early Netherlandish artists - Weyden, Bouts, Memling -, together with paintings by Bosch and Pieter Brueghel are displayed on the ground floor. On the main floor is the collections of 17th century Flemish painting, which includes works by Rubens, van Dyck and Brueghel.