Antiquarium (Munich)
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The Antiquarium was built from 1568 to accommodate the ducal antiquities collection and library as an extension of the Munich residence and a little later it was redesigned into a ballroom. It is one of the most important preserved collection buildings of the Renaissance .
architecture
The antiquarian hall on the ground floor is 69 meters long and is the largest Renaissance hall north of the Alps. The continuous barrel vault is hollowed out by the stitch caps of the 17 pairs of windows, making it transparent. The rich painting by artists such as Hans Donauer the Elder , Alessandro Scalzi , called Padovano , Peter Candid and Antonio Maria Viviani with 102 views of old Bavarian cities was not completed until around 1600.
history
As a city palace, the residence in downtown Munich was the seat of the Bavarian dukes , electors and kings . Duke Albrecht V had a free-standing, two-story building erected there between 1568 and 1571 based on the ideas of Jacopo Strada , who came from Mantua , for his extensive collection of sculptures (on the ground floor) and library (on the upper floor). From 1580–1584, Friedrich Sustris was commissioned to redesign the ground floor hall of the antiquarian hall into a festival and banquet hall and the painting, which is still preserved today, began.
War destruction and restoration
During the Second World War the vault was brought down by an explosive bomb in the middle. Even more serious was the ingress of moisture in the following years, which severely damaged the ceiling painting. After the vaults had been closed and roofs had been erected on the building wing, the Antiquarium was rebuilt under the direction of Otto Meitinger . The hall will again be used for receptions for the Bavarian state government and for concerts. It is part of the Residenz Museum .
literature
- Design drawings for the Antiquarium of the Munich Residence. o. O. [Munich] 1568 ( digitized ; see also: Marianne Reuter: Description of the manuscript Cod.icon. 198 c , in: BSB-CodIcon Online).
- Ellen Weski , Heike Frosien-Leinz: The Antiquarium of the Munich Residence. Catalog of the sculptures . 2 volumes. Munich, Hirmer 1987, ISBN 3-7774-3490-6 .
- Dorothea and Peter Diemer: The Antiquarium Duke Albrechts V. of Bavaria. Fates of a princely collection of antiquities from the late Renaissance . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 58, 1995, pp. 55–104. (basic work)
- Sabine Heym: The Antiquarium of the Munich Residence . Munich, Bavarian Palace Administration, 2007. ISBN 978-3-932982-84-2
Web links
- Residenz Museum: Antiquarium , Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes
- Antiquarium. In: arch INFORM .
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 26.3 " N , 11 ° 34 ′ 44.2" E