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Munich, Germany

Alte Pinakothek

One of the oldest picture galleries in the world, built for the Wittelsbach collection.

Alte Pinakothek
Photo: Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt and Leonardo in a purpose-built nineteenth-century gallery. The Rubens holding is among the largest anywhere, and the daylight-lit halls remain a lesson in how paintings should be hung.

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Do not miss

  • Dürer self-portrait
  • Rubens collection
  • Leonardo's Madonna of the Carnation

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