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Paintings from the 13th to 18th Century

  • Frans Hals, Catharina Hooft mit ihrer Amme, Detail, um 1619/20

    Frans Hals, Catharina Hooft mit ihrer Amme, Detail, um 1619/20

  • Adam Elsheimer, Die Heilige Familie mit Engeln und Johannesknaben, Detail, um 1600

    Adam Elsheimer, Die Heilige Familie mit Engeln und Johannesknaben, Detail, um 1600

  • Jan Gossart, Neptun und Amphitrite, Detail, 1516

    Jan Gossart, Neptun und Amphitrite, Detail, 1516

  • Simone Martini, Die Grablegung Christi, Detail, 1335–1340

    Simone Martini, Die Grablegung Christi, Detail, 1335–1340

  • Giovanni Bellini, Die Auferstehung Christi, Detail, 1475–1479

    Giovanni Bellini, Die Auferstehung Christi, Detail, 1475–1479

  • Tizian, Clarissa Strozzi (1540-1581) im Alter von zwei Jahren, Detail, 1542

    Tizian, Clarissa Strozzi (1540-1581) im Alter von zwei Jahren, Detail, 1542

  • Rosso Fiorentino, Bildnis eines jungen Mannes, Detail, um 1516/18

    Rosso Fiorentino, Bildnis eines jungen Mannes, Detail, um 1516/18

  • Jean Antoine Watteau, Die französische Komödie, Detail, um 1715–1717

    Jean Antoine Watteau, Die französische Komödie, Detail, um 1715–1717

The Gemäldegalerie possesses one of the world's finest collections of European art from the 13th to 18th century. After the collection was founded in 1830, it was systematically built up and perfected. 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.This newly built museum is situated at the Kulturforum. It has about 7,000 square metres of exhibition space. A complete tour of the 72 rooms covers almost two kilometres. Two of the major sections are formed by Italian painting from the 13th to 16th century and Netherlandish painting of the 15th and 16th century.
Old German painting of the Late Gothic and Renaissance eras is represented by such great masters as Konrad Witz, Albrecht Dürer, Baldung Grien, Cranach and Holbein. 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. Around 1,000 masterpieces are exhibited in the main gallery. 
As an information service, visitors can take advantage of acoustic guided tours in German, English, French and Italian.

A permanent exhibition of the Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

Runtime: from April 2024

Price info: Old Master Paintings Paintings from the 13th to 18th century.

Kulturforum all exhibitions: 20,00 €

Price: €12.00

Reduced price: €6.00

Reduced price info: Kulturforum all exhibitions: 10,00 €

Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.

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