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Alte Pinakothek
One of the world's oldest and greatest galleries of Old Master paintings, with works by Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Raphael and Leonardo, housed in a huge brick-red building in the museum quarter of Munich.
History of the museum
King Ludwig I of Bavaria wanted to open the royal collections to the public, and he had the architect Leo von Klenze build the museum, which opened in 1836. It was one of the largest museums in the world when it was built, and many later galleries copied its design. It was badly damaged in the Second World War and rebuilt in the 1950s.
Top pieces
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Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight Albrecht Dürer, 1500
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Madonna of the Carnation Leonardo da Vinci, 1478
In our gallery from here (10)
The Land of CockaignePieter Brueghel the Elder · 1550
The Battle of the AmazonsPeter Paul Rubens · 1618
Willem van Heythuysen posing with a swordFrans Hals · 1625
Grape and Melon EatersBartolomé Esteban Murillo · 1650
Lamentation of ChristAlbrecht Dürer · 1500
Meeting of St Erasm and St MauriceMatthias Grünewald · 1520
Portrait of Madame de PompadourFrançois Boucher · 1756
The Mocking of ChristMatthias Grünewald · 1504
The Mystical Marriage of Saint CatherineLorenzo Lotto · 1506
Countryside of Wood With Saint George Fighting the DragonAlbrecht Altdorfer · 1510