Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

History of the museum

The collection began with the Prussian royal art collection, which was opened to the public in the Altes Museum in 1830. After the Second World War it was divided between East and West Berlin, and was reunited in 1998 in a new building. Many of its masterpieces had been hidden in mines and bunkers during the war.

Top pieces

• Woman with a Pearl Necklace Johannes Vermeer, 1664
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  Netherlandish Proverbs Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1559

In our gallery from here (26)

Netherlandish ProverbsPieter Brueghel the Elder · 1559 Portrait of a Young GirlPetrus Christus · 1470 The Madonna in the ChurchJan van Eyck · 1430 Moses Smashing the Tablets of the LawRembrandt · 1659 Three MusiciansDiego Velázquez · 1618 Miraflores AltarpieceRogier van der Weyden · 1443 Malle BabbeFrans Hals · 1640 The Altar of St. JohnRogier van der Weyden · 1455 Portrait of Hieronymus HolzschuherAlbrecht Dürer · 1526 Monforte AltarpieceHugo van der Goes · 1470 Madonna BardiSandro Botticelli · 1500 Portrait of a Young woman with a Winged BonnetRogier van der Weyden · 1440 St. John on PatmosHieronymus Bosch · 1489 A Game of ChessLucas van Leyden · 1510 The Man with the Golden HelmetUnknown artist · 1650 Bladelin TriptychRogier van der Weyden · 1440 Portrait of Cardinal Ludovico TrevisanAndrea Mantegna · 1457 Adoration of the ShepherdsHugo van der Goes · 1480 Adoration in the ForestFilippo Lippi · 1459 Profile Portrait of a Young LadyPiero del Pollaiuolo · 1465 Christ taking leave of his MotherLorenzo Lotto · 1521 John the Baptist in the WildernessGeertgen tot Sint Jans · 1480 The Merchant Georg GiszeHans Holbein the Younger · 1532 Portrait of Ugolino MartelliBronzino · 1540 Mother Lacing Her Bodice beside a CradlePieter de Hooch · 1661 The ConcertGerard ter Borch · 1675