A thousand years of art on paper
The Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) is the largest collection of the graphics arts in Germany, with noted masterpieces by Sandro Botticelli, Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Adolph Menzel, Vincent van Gogh, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Pablo Picasso, and — more recently — by Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter. It contains works from 1,000 years of the history of art, ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day, with particular strengths in Italian, early German and Netherlandish drawings, plus modern, post-war, conceptual and minimals works. The museum’s collection comprises a staggering 550,000 prints and some 110,000 drawings, watercolors, pastels and oil sketches. The Kupferstichkabinett also contains illuminated manuscripts dating from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, books with original graphic art, special portfolios, sketch books, topographical views and printing plates. Because of the medium’s sensitivity to light, the collection is displayed through temporary exhibitions.
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