If you love art and art-history as much as I do, you absolutely MUST visit the Gemaldegalerie (Old Master Paintings Museum) in Berlin. The wonderful museum houses one of the most important collections of European art from the 13th century through the early 19th century.
Masterpieces from all epochs in the history of European art and many important masters are on permanent display. Paintings by Jan van Eyck, Pieter Bruegel, Albrecht Dürer, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, and Jan Vermeer take your breath away. As always though, my favorites are the French 17th and 18th century paintings by artists like Poussin and Watteau!
It was heaven to wander through the museum’s rooms looking at artworks that are famous throughout the world.
Masterpieces from all epochs in the history of European art and many important masters are on permanent display. Paintings by Jan van Eyck, Pieter Bruegel, Albrecht Dürer, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, and Jan Vermeer take your breath away. As always though, my favorites are the French 17th and 18th century paintings by artists like Poussin and Watteau!
It was heaven to wander through the museum’s rooms looking at artworks that are famous throughout the world.
This amazing collection was first brought together in 1815 and opened to the public in 1830. Works of Art were chosen from the royal palaces and purchased from private collections and the gallery collection was steadily expanded during the 19th century.
The collection was originally installed as part of a larger exhibition in what was at that time the Royal Museum (now called the Altes Museum "Old Museum"). The paintings were moved to the Bode Museum in 1904. The collection was split up for many years after World War II and eventually reunited at the Gemaldegalerie in 1998. The Berlin State Museum (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) owns the 3000 piece collection (1500 on display) and the museum is located in an area of Berlin called the “Kulturforum”, an area planned to be a museum and arts district west of Potsdamer Platz.
The collection was originally installed as part of a larger exhibition in what was at that time the Royal Museum (now called the Altes Museum "Old Museum"). The paintings were moved to the Bode Museum in 1904. The collection was split up for many years after World War II and eventually reunited at the Gemaldegalerie in 1998. The Berlin State Museum (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) owns the 3000 piece collection (1500 on display) and the museum is located in an area of Berlin called the “Kulturforum”, an area planned to be a museum and arts district west of Potsdamer Platz.
above photo only: http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-and-institutions/gemaeldegalerie/home.html
Since this museum is all about visual engagement, I will simply give you a taste of this fabulous experience through the photos below. Each room exhibits artists in a certain period or following a certain style and these are a few of my favorites. I hope you enjoy and are spurred on to visit Berlin and this exceptional museum!
Above Photo: Venus and Cupid by Lucas Cranach the Elder c. 1530's
Above Photo: The Fountain of Youth -
Lucas Cranach the Elder & Lucas Cranach the Younger 1546
Lucas Cranach the Elder & Lucas Cranach the Younger 1546
Above Photo: Nativity Altarpiece of Pieter Bladelin 1452-55 by Rogier van der Weyden
above photo: Portrait of a Woman with White Headress - by Rogier van der Weyden 1440
Above Photo: The Miraflores Altarpiece c. 1442-5 by Rogier van der Weyden
Above Photo: Neptune and Amphitrite by Jan Gossart 1516
Above Photo: Esau Sold His Birthright 1558-1629 by Hendrick ter Brugghen
Above Photo: Malle Babbe, c. 1633/35 by Franz Hals
Above Photo: The Wine Glass 1660 by Johannes Vermeer
Above Photo: Woman With a Pear Necklace - by Johannes Vermeer 1662/1665
Above Photo: The Draughtsman by Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin c. 1737
Above Photo: Love in the French Theater by Jean Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721)
Above Photo: French, 18th century - Fete Galante Genre Painting
Above Photo: Grand Canal from Campo Santa Sofia toward the Rialto Bridge
by Canaletto c. 1756
by Canaletto c. 1756
Above Photo: Amor Victorious (1602–1603). by Caravaggio
Above Photo: The Portrait of Ugolino Martelli iby the Italian artist Agnolo di Cosimo, known as Bronzino, 1536 or 1537
Photo Above: Leda and the Swan by Correggio 1532
Above Photo: Venus Pudica by Sandro Bottecelli c. mid 15th century
Above Photo: Netherlandish Proverbs 1559 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Above Photo: Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels by Rembrandt 1656-1657)
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