Old Masters
The term old masters summarizes artists , mainly painters from the 14th to 18th centuries . The designation primarily serves to delimit collections and collection departments with regard to the art of the subsequent epochs, i.e. the 19th century, modern art and contemporary art .
More generally, historical artists of all epochs are referred to as masters , also in other branches of art, especially if their names are not known (see emergency name and list of emergency names ). In this sense one can also speak of the "old masters of the Greek temple building".
Collections of old masters
The following museums in German-speaking countries house extensive collections of old masters:
- Picture gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts , Vienna
- Alte Pinakothek , Munich
- Image gallery Sanssouci , Potsdam
- Gemäldegalerie , Berlin
- Old Masters Picture Gallery , Dresden
- Old Masters Picture Gallery , Kassel
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum , Nuremberg
- Duke Anton Ulrich Museum , Braunschweig
- Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna
- Liechtenstein Museum , Vienna
- Residenzgalerie Salzburg , Salzburg
- Eggenberg Palace , Graz
- Rohrau Castle , Rohrau (Lower Austria)
- State Gallery Stuttgart , Stuttgart
- Städelsches Kunstinstitut , Frankfurt am Main
- Wallraf-Richartz-Museum , Cologne
- Hamburger Kunsthalle , Hamburg
- Johanniterkirche , Schwäbisch Hall
Other important European collections of old masters can be found in the museums of Paris , Florence , Rome , Madrid , Brussels , Antwerp , The Hague , Amsterdam , Rotterdam , London , Edinburgh , Budapest and Saint Petersburg . Overseas, the National Gallery of Art in Washington houses excellent works of old masters.
Web links
- Alte Meister , In: Das große Kunstlexikon von PW Hartmann, online edition, accessed January 2010