Old Masters Picture Gallery - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Old Masters Picture Gallery - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister – Old Masters Picture Gallery With master works including Raphael’s Sistine Madonna, Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus, Correggio’s Holy Night, Cranach’s St. Catherine Altar, Vermeer’s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window and Bellotto’s views of Dresden, the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister enjoys a reputation that is international in scope. Other widely-known paintings by such artists as Van Eyck, Dürer, Holbein, Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Murillo, Canaletto, Tiepolo, Raeburn and Graff lead visitors to in-depth contemplation. Indeed, the collection of the Gemäldegalerie is a rare treasure trove. The collection is housed in the gallery building next to the Zwinger. Rebuilt after the Second World War, the structure was originally erected in 1855 following Gottfried Semper’s plans, and it was one of the most important museum projects in 19th-century Germany. The Gemäldegalerie welcomes more than half a million visitors each year – a number that is still on the rise. Today’s building code and technological requirements have made a complete overhaul of the building necessary: the required emergency exits must be created, barrier-free access must be ensured, serious structural-physical, climatic and technical issues need to be corrected and the infrastructure must be made more functional. In the long run, both visitors and the artworks will greatly profit from the renovation. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and our partner Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement SIB, who will carry out the stage-by-stage renovation in the years to come, would like to thank our visitors for their cooperation and understanding during the construction period. While one half of the Semper Building will be modernized, the other half will be in operation as a museum. Raphael, The Sistine Madonna, c. 1512/13, Photo: Estel/Klut To further increase the visitor experience and at the same time facilitate a new encounter with familiar works, a completely new hanging of the paintings was devised in 2013. In the future, no visitor will miss out on any of the collection’s key works. The new museum circuit leading visitors through 23 halls is based on the understanding that European art history can be read as one integrated historical narrative. The categorization into different schools may reflect a traditional art historical principle but it is not the only way of reading our artworks. In this way, new focal points emerge, emphasizing, for instance, the European portraiture of Dürer’s day, altar works from around 1500, Mannerism, Caravaggism, European still lifes of the 17th century, or art from the Age of Enlightenment. Comparisons across national borders suggest themselves in ways previously invisible at the Gemäldegalerie. Official Sponsor Sponsored by In the tradition of the collection of the House of Wettin A.L. Visitor information 23 Sentimentalism and Enlightenment 22 European pastels 21 Italian vedute 20 European court art of the 18th century 19 European still-lifes 18 Netherlandish fine painting 17 Netherlandish genre painting 16 Bellotto’s Dresden 5 20 19 16 17 18 2 3 14 4 13 12 10 Lift 11 9 8 Cranach European Renaissance portraits European Renaissance portraits Venetian painting from Giorgione to Titian European court art c.1550 Italian Mannerism Altarpieces and devotional images from Dürer to Raphael 21 Lift 15 Devotional images from Van Eyck to Botticelli 14 European Caravaggists 13 The European Baroque from El Greco to Poussin 12 The European Baroque from El Greco to Poussin 11 Landscape from Bril to Brueghel 10 Altarpieces from Correggio to Murillo 9 Mythological history painting and still-life in Rubens’ circle 8 Biblical history painting and portraits in Rembrandt’s circle 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 22 23 6 15 1 2 3 4 Theaterplatz 2 1 Lift 1 5 6 ((( audio 7 0 Zwinger Courtyard Opening hours 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., closed on Mondays Admission Zwinger (incl. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery), Porzellansammlung (Porcelain Collection), Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon) 10 Euro, concessions: 7.50 Euro Groups of 10 persons or more: 9 Euro per person Children under 17: admission free Information and guided tour bookings Tel.: + 49 (0) 351 - 49 14 20 00 Fax: + 49 (0) 351 - 49 14 20 01 [email protected] www.skd.museum shop Lift WC ticket WC -1 Illustrations: 1 Raphael, The Sistine Madonna, c. 1512/13 | 2 Albrecht Dürer, Portrait of Bernhard von Reesen, 1521 | 3 Correggio (Antonio da Correggio), Nativity (The Holy Night), 1522/30 | 4 Titian (Tiziano Vecelli), The Tribute Money, c. 1516 | 5 Jean-Etienne Liotard, The Chocolate Girl, c. 1744/45 | 6 Jan Vermeer van Delft, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, c. 1659 | Photos: Estel/Klut Information correct as at March 2013, subject to alterations © Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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