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Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
Cologne's museum of European painting from the Middle Ages to the 1800s shows the medieval masters of the city, such as Stefan Lochner, and also Rubens, Rembrandt and the Impressionists.
History of the museum
A Cologne priest and professor, Ferdinand Franz Wallraf, left his collection to the city in 1824. A merchant, Johann Heinrich Richartz, paid for the first museum building, which opened in 1861. It was badly damaged in the Second World War, and the museum has been housed in a modern building since 2001.
Top pieces
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Madonna of the Rose Bower Stefan Lochner, 1440
In our gallery from here (7)
Magdalene with the Smoking FlameGeorges de La Tour · 1642
Marriage of SisleyPierre-Auguste Renoir · 1868
Madonna of the Rose BowerStefan Lochner · 1440
Adoration of the ChildUnknown artist · 1568
The Hunt BreakfastGustave Courbet · 1858
The Bleaching GroundMax Liebermann · 1883
Jews Mourning in ExileEduard Bendemann · 1832