Picture Gallery of Sanssouci

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The Picture Gallery of Sanssouci is an 18th-century art museum in Potsdam, Germany, renowned as one of the oldest surviving purpose-built picture galleries in Europe and for its collection of Old Master paintings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum ⓘ
museum building ⓘ
picture gallery ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bildergalerie Sanssouci ⓘ
Bildergalerie im Park Sanssouci ⓘ
architect Heinrich Ludwig Manger ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Büring ⓘ
architecturalStyle Rococo ⓘ
linked to: Rococo architecture
collectionType European paintings ⓘ
Old Master paintings ⓘ
constructionEnd 1764 ⓘ
constructionStart 1755 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
floorCount 1 ⓘ
hasCollection works by Adriaen van Ostade ⓘ
works by Anthony van Dyck ⓘ
works by Caravaggio school painters ⓘ
works by Gerard van Honthorst ⓘ
works by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ⓘ
works by Guido Reni ⓘ
works by Jacob Jordaens ⓘ
works by Jan Lievens ⓘ
works by Luca Giordano ⓘ
works by Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ
works by Philips Wouwerman ⓘ
hasPart long central gallery hall ⓘ
marble statues in the garden façade ⓘ
side cabinet rooms ⓘ
yellow façade with arched windows ⓘ
heritageDesignation Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 1755 ⓘ
locatedIn Brandenburg ⓘ
Potsdam ⓘ
Sanssouci Park ⓘ
notableWork Lamentation of Christ by Anthony van Dyck ⓘ
Self-portrait with Saskia by Rembrandt (formerly in collection) ⓘ
The Geographer by Jan Vermeer (formerly in collection) ⓘ
The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist by Pieter Bruegel the Elder ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg ⓘ
originallyCommissionedBy Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
ownedBy Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg ⓘ
partOf Sanssouci Palace complex ⓘ
linked to: Sanssouci Palace
significantCollection Dutch Golden Age paintings ⓘ
Flemish Baroque paintings ⓘ
Italian Baroque paintings ⓘ
significantEvent looting of paintings after World War II ⓘ
restoration in the 20th century ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ

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Sanssouci Park → hasStructure → Picture Gallery of Sanssouci ⓘ
Picture Gallery of Sanssouci → alsoKnownAs → Bildergalerie Sanssouci ⓘ
linked to: Picture Gallery of Sanssouci
Picture Gallery of Sanssouci → alsoKnownAs → Bildergalerie im Park Sanssouci ⓘ
linked to: Picture Gallery of Sanssouci