The Old Pinakothek in Munich
The Old Pinakothek in Munich
Knorr & Hirth | 1968 | ISBN: N/A | English | 112 pages | PDF | 5.8 MB
The Old Pinakothek in Munich covers a period of over 400 years in which, spared by good fortune from the ravages of war, pillage, accident and human folly, it was possible for it to build up its present world-wide fame. It owes its quality to the taste and determination of the ardent collectors and connoisseurs who flowed in a continual stream from the House of Wittelsbach . . . The celebrated collections of Diisseldorf, Mannheim and Carlsberg Castle near Homburg on the Saar were transferred to Munich at the beginning of the 19th century and combined with the already existing rich collection.