Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) and Skulpturensammlung (Sculpture Collection) up to 1800

Italienische Malerei 14. bis 17. Jahrhundert

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) and Skulpturensammlung (Sculpture Collection) up to 1800

The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister and the Skulpturensammlung up to 1800 present their works together in the extensively renovated Semperbau am Zwinger. After seven years of partial closure, the famous museum building from the 19th century now shines in new splendour.

Exhibition Site Zwinger

Opening Hours daily 10—18, Monday closed 20/11/2024 10—18 (Buß- und Bettag) 24/12/2024 10—14 (Christmas Eve) 31/12/2025 10—16 (New Year's Eve) 01/01/2025 12—18 (New Year)

Admission Fees normal 14 €, reduced 10,50 €, under 17 free, groups (10 persons and more) 12,50 €

Book online

World famous masterpieces

These experiences have been drawn upon in creating the completely redesigned new permanent exhibition. The design concept follows the principle of hanging paintings according to geographical origin and school, while also drawing attention to certain important themes in each period. World famous masterpieces, such as Raphael’s Sistine Madonna, Rembrandt‘s Ganymede and the views of Dresden by Bernardo Bellotto will function as focal points, emphasising the unique status and significance of these painters and their works for European art history.

**#Semperbau2020: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und Skulpturensammlung bis 1800 im Semperbau am Zwinger**

Furthermore, the exhibition will highlight the mutual influences of painting and sculpture, as well as underlining the importance of antique sculpture for Renaissance and Baroque painting. In the Sculpture Hall in the east wing, the important collection of antiquities will again be on display. This hall was originally intended and planned by Gottfried Semper to house the historic plaster casts from the Mengs collection – however, these objects were removed from there in the late 19th century.

Madonna mit dem Jesuskind, am unteren Rand die zwei Engel — **Raffael, Die Sixtinische Madonna, 1512/13**

ein Mädchen trägt ein Tablett mit Wasserglas und Kaffeetasse — **Jean-Etienne Liotard, Das Schokoladenmädchen, um 1744/ 45**

Maria bettet Jesuskind in Krippe, daneben drei entzückte Personen, oben links schweben Engel, im Hintergrund Vieh — **Correggio, Die Heilige Nacht, 1528/30**

Greifvogel trägt weinendes Kind im Flug fort — **Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Ganymed in den Fängen des Adlers**

Ein Schwan schmust mit einer nackten Frau — **Peter Paul Rubens, Leda mit dem Schwan, 1598/1600**

Viele Zwerge greifen schlafenden Riesen an — **Lucas Cranach der Jüngere, Der schlafende Herkules und die Pygmäen**

Frau liegt nackt auf Tüchern in einer Hügellandschaft, im Hintergrund einige Bäume und Häuser — **Giorgione/Tizian, Schlummernde Venus, um 1508/10**

ausgelassener Mann mit Trinkgefäß in der Hand, Frau sitzt auf seinem Schoß — **Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Rembrandt und Saskia im Gleichnis vom verlorenen Sohn, um 1635**

nackter, wohlgenährter Knabe trinkt Wein und uriniert, daneben ein angestochenes, auslaufendes Weinfass — **Guido Reni, Der kleine Bacchus, um 1622**

riesiger, unvollendeter Turm, viele Menschen schaffen Material heran und arbeiten an ihm — **Marten van Valckenborch, Der Turmbau zu Babel, 1595**

Menschengruppe rastet auf einer Waldlichtung — **Antoine Watteau, Das Liebesfest, 1718/19**

Religious art around 1500

From 23 November 2024 onwards, two rooms in the Winckelmann Forum of the Old Masters Picture Gallery will once again be showing paintings that have not been on display for some time: Masterpieces, primarily of German and Dutch art, created in the late 15th century and the early northern Alpine Renaissance at the beginning of the 16th century. On display are altars and paintings with religious themes by Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach the Elder and his son, Cranach the Younger, Georg Breu, Sigmund Holbein, Rogier van Weyden, Joos van Cleve and other early Netherlandish artists.

Small bronzes and marble sculptures juxtaposed with paintings

In 2016, a selection of these plaster casts returned to the Gemäldegalerie and will be on show there in the future. Small bronzes and marble sculptures from the Renaissance and Baroque periods complement the exhibition, many of them being directly juxtaposed with paintings. Dozens of paintings, sculptures and antique vases have undergone thorough restoration specifically for presentation in the new exhibition, and the famous gallery frames from the 18th century have also been renovated.

New coloured wall coverings and accent lighting will cast the paintings and sculptures in the best possible light. Additional areas for changing exhibitions will provide space for numerous works that would otherwise lie dormant in the storerooms.

Behind the scenes

Dozens of paintings, sculptures and antique vases have been restored extensively in the course of the reopening process, the famous 18th century gallery frames have been revised. See what is happening behind the scenes our restoration studio.