Princely Gallery Dresden

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The Fürstengalerie is a 40-meter-long room on the first floor of the Dresden Residenzschloss .

The gallery, which opened in August 2010, shows painted portraits of the Saxon electors who once resided in the palace and portrait busts of the Saxon kings from the House of Wettin, Albertine line . The series begins with Elector Moritz (1521–1553), who was granted electoral status by Emperor Charles V in 1547, and ends with the last King, Friedrich August III. (1865–1932), who abdicated in 1918.

The works are works by Heinrich Göding , Zacharias Wehme , Louis de Silvestre , Graf Pietro Rotari (workshop) and Ernst Rietschel and come from the holdings of the Dresden State Art Collections .

The gallery serves as a connecting space between the entrance to the New Green Vault and the English Staircase , which opens up the exhibition area in the east wing of the palace.

  • Glance into the Prince's Gallery with the paintings of Saxon Electors

  • Portrait busts of Saxon kings in the Prince's Gallery