GEMÄLDEGALERIE, Introduction

Hi, my name’s Jill, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Gemäldegalerie.

The Gemäldegalerie is the largest museum dedicated to European art from the 13th to the 18th century, and is one of the most important in the world.

It currently holds over 1500 paintings, spanning some five centuries of art history. The art gallery is located in the Kulturforum, a large complex that also comprises buildings such as the Museum of Decorative Arts, the Art Library, the Philharmonie, or concert hall, the New National Gallery, the State Library and the Museum of Musical Instruments, featuring a collection of more than 2500 historical instruments.

The Gemäldegalerie collection has been enriched over the centuries by acquisitions that have brought all the most important names in art history to Berlin, including Titian, Caravaggio, Canaletto, Vermeer, Botticelli and Rembrandt, to name but a few. The initial core of the works came from royal collections....