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Raphael (Raffaello Santi), The Sistine Madonna, c. 1512/13, Photo: Estel/Klut Jan Vermeer vanDelft, Girl Reading aLetter at an Open Window,c.1659, Photo: Estel/Klut<br />
<strong>Gemäldegalerie</strong> <strong>Alte</strong> <strong>Meister</strong><br />
<strong>Old</strong> <strong>Masters</strong> <strong>Picture</strong><strong>Gallery</strong><br />
Cantherebeanyone who is not familiar<br />
with the two cheekylittle cherubs who<br />
perch so cutely at the feet of the “Sistine<br />
Madonna”? Theyhave been enchanting visitors<br />
to the <strong>Gemäldegalerie</strong> <strong>Alte</strong> <strong>Meister</strong> for<br />
morethan 250 years now.This galleryisone<br />
of the most importantart collections in the<br />
world and is the most visited museum of the<br />
<strong>Staatliche</strong> Kunstsammlungen Dresden.Every<br />
year the galleryattracts around 500,000 art<br />
enthusiasts from around the world.<br />
Its international renown is due to its holdings<br />
of masterpieces of Italian painting such<br />
as Raphael’s“Sistine Madonna”,Giorgione’s<br />
“Sleeping Venus”,Titian’s “The Tribute<br />
Money” and Correggio’s “Holy Night”,aswell<br />
as worksbyartists such as Mantegna, Botticelli,<br />
Parmigianino,Veronese and Tintoretto.<br />
Besides the Italian masterpieces,itisabove<br />
all the paintings by 17 th -centuryDutch and<br />
Flemish masters such as Rubens,van Dyck,<br />
Rembrandt and Vermeer thataccountfor<br />
the outstanding opulenceofthe gallery. In<br />
other halls the gallerypresents exceptional<br />
worksbySpanish,French and German artists<br />
from the 15 th to the 18 th centuries.<br />
Among the painters represented areMurillo,<br />
Poussin,Lorrain,Dürer,Holbein and Cranach,<br />
to name but afew.<br />
Most of themajor workstobeadmired in<br />
the <strong>Gemäldegalerie</strong> <strong>Alte</strong> <strong>Meister</strong> todaywere<br />
collected within aperiod of just over 50<br />
years.Although the SaxonElectoral Kunstkammer,which<br />
had been founded in 1560,<br />
already contained some paintings,systematic<br />
collecting did not takeplaceuntil the<br />
reigns of August the Strong (1670 –1733) and<br />
his son August III (1696 –1763). Paintings<br />
then came to Dresden from all over Europe;<br />
from Venice, Paris,Amsterdam and Prague,<br />
forinstance.<br />
In 1855 the gallerybuilding next to the<br />
Zwinger,which wasdesigned by Gottfried<br />
Semper,was opened. It wasone of the most<br />
importantmuseum projects in Germanyin<br />
the 19 th centuryand still houses the collection<br />
today.<br />
During the Second World Warmost of the<br />
paintings wereevacuated. The core of the<br />
collection survived unscathed. After the end<br />
of the war, the paintings –likethe holdings<br />
of manyother museums –weretransported<br />
by the RedArmytoMoscow and Kiev. Following<br />
the return of the arttreasures in<br />
1955/56, work began on reconstructing the<br />
gallerybuilding,which had been severely<br />
damaged in the war, and it wasreopened<br />
shortly afterwards.<br />
As at:October 2011, Subjecttoalterations,©<strong>Staatliche</strong> Kunstsammlungen Dresden<br />
Visitor information<br />
Opening hours<br />
10 a.m. –6p.m., closed on Mondays<br />
Admission<br />
Zwinger (incl. <strong>Gemäldegalerie</strong><br />
<strong>Alte</strong> <strong>Meister</strong>,Rüstkammer,Porzellansammlung)<br />
10 Euro,concessions: 7.50 Euro<br />
Groups of 10 persons or more:<br />
9Europer person<br />
Children under 17:admission free<br />
Information and guided tour<br />
bookings<br />
Tel.: +49(0) 351 -49142000<br />
Fax: +49(0) 351-49142001<br />
besucherservice@skd.museum<br />
www.skd.museum
201 Carriera<br />
La Tour<br />
Liotard<br />
202 Rigaud<br />
Silvestre<br />
Watteau<br />
107 Dürer<br />
Holbein<br />
Van Eyck<br />
Van Cleve<br />
108 Vermeer<br />
Honthorst<br />
Leiden fine<br />
painters<br />
Ruisdael<br />
Bellotto in<br />
Dresden<br />
203<br />
Bellotto<br />
Piazzetta<br />
106 Rembrandt<br />
Bol<br />
De Gelder<br />
109 Hals<br />
Wouwerman<br />
204<br />
Canaletto<br />
205<br />
Piazzetta<br />
Tiepolo<br />
206<br />
Solimena<br />
Trevisani<br />
102 Silvestre, Vernet<br />
105 Rubens<br />
Van Dyck<br />
Snijders<br />
110 Berckheyde Ostade<br />
Teniers<br />
Rüstkammer<br />
The admission ticket for the <strong>Gemäldegalerie</strong> <strong>Alte</strong> <strong>Meister</strong><br />
is also valid for the Rüstkammer.<br />
207<br />
Crespi<br />
Magnasco<br />
104 Rubens<br />
Jordaens<br />
Wildens<br />
208<br />
El Greco<br />
Morales<br />
111 Brueghel Momper<br />
Coninxloo<br />
2 nd floor<br />
209 Murillo Zurbarán<br />
1 st floor<br />
101 Nattier<br />
Silvestre<br />
120 Guercino<br />
Reni<br />
Carracci<br />
112 Claude Lorrain<br />
Poussin<br />
Ground floor<br />
Access from the Zwinger<br />
Entrance<br />
Access from Theaterplatz<br />
Basement<br />
210<br />
Velázquez<br />
Arellano<br />
119 Veronese<br />
Tintoretto<br />
Carracci<br />
113 Strozzi<br />
Carracci<br />
Vestibule<br />
Ticket sales, cloakroom, toilets, information<br />
211<br />
Elsheimer<br />
Liss<br />
212<br />
Mignon<br />
Roos<br />
Raphael (Raffaello Santi), The Sistine Madonna, c. 1512/13,<br />
Photo: Estel/Klut<br />
118 Giorgione<br />
Titian<br />
Correggio<br />
Parmigianino<br />
114 Fetti Guercino<br />
Reni<br />
213<br />
Denner<br />
Seybold<br />
214<br />
Dietrich<br />
V.d. Werff<br />
121 Antonello Titian<br />
117 Raffael<br />
Correggio<br />
215<br />
Caffe<br />
Mengs<br />
Andrea del Sarto<br />
115 Botticelli Pinturicchio<br />
Mantegna<br />
Cranach the Elder/the Younger<br />
and temporary exhibitions<br />
b<br />
216 Füssli<br />
Graff<br />
Lift<br />
Kauffmann<br />
Reynolds<br />
Marble Hall<br />
b<br />
116 Garofalo<br />
Girolamo<br />
da Carpi<br />
Dossi<br />
Lift<br />
History of the<br />
gallery<br />
b<br />
Lift<br />
Café<br />
l
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