in detail
The exhibition includes masterpieces by artists from every age of art history such as van Eyck, Bruegel, Dürer, Raphael, Tizian, Caravaggio, Rubens, Vermeer and Rembrandt.
The museum is situated at the Kulturforum. It has about 7,000 square meters of exhibition space. A complete tour of the 72 rooms covers almost two kilometers. Two of the major sections focus on Italian painting from the 13th to 16th century and Netherlandish painting of the 15th and 16th century.
Great masters such as Konrad Witz, Albrecht Dürer, Baldung Grien, Cranach and Holbein represent old German painting of the Late Gothic and Renaissance eras.
The octagonal Rembrandt room enjoys a key position at the heart of the museum. The sixteen works by this artist form one of the largest and highest quality collections of Rembrandt paintings. They are flanked by additional gems of Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th century. Portraits, genre paintings, interiors, landscapes and still-lifes illustrate certain artists' preferences for particular types of themes.
Italian, French, German and English painting of the 18th century is presented in six rooms. This splendid collection of paintings includes works by Canaletto, Watteau, Pesne and Gainsborough.
The main gallery contains 1000 masterpieces. These paintings are complemented by four hundred works in a study gallery on the lower floor. The highlights of the collection include Dürer’s 'Madonna with a Siskin' (1506), Caravaggio’s 'Amor Victorious' (1602) and Rubens’ 'Perseus Liberating Andromeda' (c. 1622).
Visitors also have access to a digital gallery with computerized information in German, English and French. Audio-tours are also available in German and in English.
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