2009 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Galley bearing images from classical
mythology, before 1709, Grünes Gewölbe
16 Grünes Gewölbe
• September 1958: Das Grüne Gewölbe
kehrt zurück (September 1958: The Grünes
Gewölbe Returns)
Until 18th January 2009 (from 1st June 2008)
Residenzschloss, Neues Grünes Gewölbe,
Foyer
On 17th September 1958 the first train
arrived in Dresden carrying works of art
from the Dresden museums which had
been seized by the Red Army in 1945 and
transported to the Soviet Union. It was a
great day for the Grünes Gewölbe and the
other museums, which could now at last
take charge of their treasures again and
begin preparing their exhibitions. Thus,
in May 1959 the Grünes Gewölbe was able
to open its newly installed presentation.
A photographic exhibition documenting
the stages of the return journey was held
to commemorate the 50th anniversary
of this important event.
• “… so höher als Gold geschätzet”
Das Maleremail aus Limoges und die Druckgraphik
der Renaissance (“… more highly
prized than gold” Painted Enamel from
Limoges and Renaissance Printmaking)
Exhibition by the Grünes Gewölbe in
association with the Kupferstich-Kabinett
Until 16th March 2009 (from 27th September 2008) · Residenzschloss,
Neues Grünes Gewölbe, Sponsel-Raum
During the 16th century, the enamellists of
Limoges in south-western France created
”... more highly prized than
gold”: lidded dish depicting
the creation of the world,
Limoges, 2nd half of the
16th cent., Grünes Gewölbe
works using the complicated technique of
painting with enamels. These became
much sought-after collector items among
the aristocracy. The Grünes Gewölbe holds
an extremely high-quality collection of
these precious works, which was long overshadowed
by the cabinet pieces produced
by the Dresden court jeweller Dinglinger.
• Johann Friedrich Böttger und die Schatzkunst
(Johann Friedrich Böttger and
Treasury Art)
Exhibition by the Grünes Gewölbe in
association with the Porzellansammlung
25th April – 3rd August 2009
Residenzschloss, Neues Grünes Gewölbe,
Sponsel-Raum
Through this exhibition in association
with the Porzellansammlung, the Grünes
Gewölbe celebrated the invention of European
porcelain by Johann Friedrich Böttger
in 1709. He developed a type of pottery
known as “Böttger Stoneware” whose
characteristic features are its extraordinary
density and hardness. Using various
techniques, he succeeded in so improving
this brittle and rather unprepossessing
material that it acquired a high status as a
means of princely representation.
• “Mit Fortuna übers Meer”. Sachsen und
Dänemark – Ehen und Allianzen im Spiegel
der Kunst (1548 – 1709) (Crossing the
Seas with Fortuna. Saxony and Denmark –
Marriages and Alliances Mirrored in Art
[1548 – 1709])
Lidded vase by
Johann Friedrich Böttger
24th August 2009 – 4th January 2010
Residenzschloss, 2nd floor
For two centuries the Electorate of Saxony
cultivated very close relations with the
mighty Kingdom of Denmark. Through
the marriage of Duke August, the later
Elector of Saxony, to the Danish princess
Anna in 1548, a strong political alliance
was formed between Dresden and Copenhagen.
A further three lavishly celebrated
weddings took place during the course of
the 17th century. The final climax in this
alliance policy was the four-week state
visit by the Danish King Frederik IV to the
court of August the Strong in 1709. Three
hundred years after the impressive celebrations
that took place during the meeting
of these two rulers, the Staatliche
Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Royal
Collections of Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen
held a large-scale joint exhibition
in which the role of the fine arts for highlevel
politics was vividly illustrated.
Kunstfonds
Maren Roloff, “Blumenmarkt in
Moskau” (Flower Market in Moscow),
1999, Kunstfonds
• Blattgold. Zeitgenössische Grafik aus
dem Kunstfonds (Gold Leaf. Contemporary
Graphic Art from the Kunstfonds)
13th March – 29th April 2009
Saxon State Ministry of Finance
The Kunstfonds showed a representative
selection from among its collection of
contemporary graphic works, most of
which have been acquired since 1992 as
promotional purchases by the Free State