Though
the Semper Building will close during the summer and autumn time most
of its exposition space, it will still be possible to see important
works of art from the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture
Gallery). These include Raphael's "Sistine
Madonna" as well as Giorgione's "Sleeping Venus",
Vermeer's "The Procuress"
or Bellotto's famous panoramic view of Dresden.
Vermeer's "The Procuress"
or Bellotto's famous panoramic view of Dresden.
- Exhibition Site Zwinger
- DATES 02/08/2019—03/11/2019
The exhibition offers a selection of 100
masterpieces of the collection, which comprise around 3,800 works. In
addition, the various schools are shown side by side. The exhibition
reflects the taste of the Saxon electors and thus the history of the
collection. Many of the works belonged to the Kunstkammer or embellished
the apartments of the electoral residence palace before Augustus the
Strong set up his first picture gallery in the palace in 1718.
Van Eyck, Dürer, Holbein, Rubens, Rembrandt,
Poussin, Claude Lorrain, Murillo - from the early Renaissance to the
Enlightenment the visitor can discover the most famous paintings. The
combination of these exquisite masterpieces across schools and epochs
enables an unique experience of art in a small space until the Semper
Building will reopened in full splendor and size in December
Sixtinischen Madonna
Sixtinischen Madonna
One of the most well-known motifs of art
history is found in the gallery: the Sistine Madonna by Raphael with its
two angels at the bottom. Even 500 years after its creation, it
continues to move those who view it and has become part of a visual
memory that has long developed a life of its own as a decorative element
on umbrellas and refrigerator magnets.
Hans Holbein, Charles de Solier, Sieur de Morette, 1534/35. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.
