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Paintings from the 13th to 18th Century

  • Jan Vermeer, Junge Dame mit Perlenhalsband, Detail

    Jan Vermeer, Junge Dame mit Perlenhalsband, Detail

  • Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Landschaft mit Bogenbrücke, Detail

    Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Landschaft mit Bogenbrücke, Detail

  • Hans Holbein (der Jüngere), Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze (1497-1562), Detail

    Hans Holbein (der Jüngere), Der Kaufmann Georg Gisze (1497-1562), Detail

  • Petrus Christus, Bildnis einer jungen Dame, Detail

    Petrus Christus, Bildnis einer jungen Dame, Detail

  • Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Der Zeichner, Detail

    Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin, Der Zeichner, Detail

  • Raffael, Maria mit dem Kind, Johannes dem Täufer und einem Heiligen Knaben / Madonna Terranuova, Detail

    Raffael, Maria mit dem Kind, Johannes dem Täufer und einem Heiligen Knaben / Madonna Terranuova, Detail

  • Francesco Melzi, Vertumnus und Pomona, Detail

    Francesco Melzi, Vertumnus und Pomona, Detail

  • Georges de La Tour, Erbsen essendes Bauernpaar, Detail

    Georges de La Tour, Erbsen essendes Bauernpaar, Detail

  • Olfert de Vrij, Dreimaster auf leicht bewegter See, Detail, 1665, nach der Restaurierung

    Olfert de Vrij, Dreimaster auf leicht bewegter See, Detail, 1665, nach der Restaurierung

  • Ferraresischer Meister, Die Muse Polyhymni, Detail

    Ferraresischer Meister, Die Muse Polyhymni, Detail

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 October 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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