Dresden - Gallery of Old Masters

(Local Name: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister) On the north side of Dresden's Zwinger is a linking wing built in 1847-54 by Gottfried Semper, who played a leading part in the architectural development of Dresden in the 19th century. At the west end of this wing is the Picture Gallery of Old Masters, one of the world's great art galleries, whose treasures include works by Flemish and Dutch painters of the 15th and 17th centuries (van Dyck, Rubens, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Vermeer, etc.), German painting of the 16th-18th centuries (Dürer, Holbein, Cranach, Graff, Tischbein, etc.), Spanish and French painting of the 17th and 18th centuries (Velázquez, Murillo; Poussin, etc.) and - the high point of the collection - Italian painting of the 15th-18th centuries, particularly Renaissance works (Raphael, "Sistine Madonna"; Giorgione, "Sleeping Venus"; Titian, "The Tribute Money"; Botticelli, Correggio, the Carracci, Guido Reni, Tintoretto, etc.).

The Museum is at present closed; selected works are temporarily displayed in the Albertinum.