2008 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

View of the exhibition “Kaiser Rudolf II. zu Gast in Dresden”
(Emperor Rudolf II comes to Dresden)
28 gemäldegalerie Alte meister
• »Gerettet«
Die Restaurierung der großen Formate
nach der Flut 2002 (Saved – The Restoration
of the Large-Format Paintings after the
Flood of 2002)
17th November 2007 – 20th April 2008
Semperbau at the Zwinger, Gemäldegalerie
Alte Meister
In 2007 the conservation and restoration
work on the damaged paintings was
largely brought to completion. To mark
this occasion a cabinet exhibition was
held to present the amazing results and
to document the work, which was made
possible through the financial assistance
from the flood funds of the federal states
and the national government, as well as
by a great many donors.
• Das restaurierte Meisterwerk 5
Canaletto – Ansichten vom Canal Grande
in Venedig (The Restored Masterpiece 5
Canaletto – Views of the Canal Grande in
Venice)
10th May – 27th July 2008
Semperbau at the Zwinger, Gemäldegalerie
Alte Meister
The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister holds a
high-quality ensemble of views of Venice by
the young Canaletto (1697 – 1768). Painted
around the year 1725, they are indisputably
among the highlights in the history of vedute
painting. Two paintings were restored
with the support of the J. Paul Getty Trust
(Los Angeles) and were presented to the
public for the first time. The exhibition explained
the process of the restoration and
X-ray and infra-red images provided exciting
insights into the artist’s painting technique.
grünes gewölbe
• Kaiser Rudolf II. zu Gast in Dresden
(Emperor Rudolf II comes to Dresden)
Exhibition by the Kunstkammer of the
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna in the
Grünes Gewölbe
6th December 2007 – 31st March 2008
Residenzschloss, Neues Grünes Gewölbe,
Sponsel-Raum
In this cabinet exhibition 15 selected masterpieces
from the Kunstkammer of the
Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
were presented which are among the outstanding
treasures in the collections of
Emperor Rudolf II and are representative
of the exceptional quality of Prague court
art in the period around 1600.
• Drei Fürstenbildnisse
Meisterwerke der repraesentatio
maiestatis der Renaissance
Adrian de Vries, Bust of Elector Christian II of Saxony
(detail), 1603, Skulpturensammlung
(Three Portraits of Princes – Masterpieces
of Renaissance Repraesentatio Maiestatis)
Exhibition by the Grünes Gewölbe and
the Skulpturensammlung
16th April – 9th June 2008
Residenzschloss, Neues Grünes Gewölbe,
Sponsel-Raum
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For a short period, this cabinet exhibition
provided a wonderful and rare opportunity
to see the impressive bronze busts of
Emperor Charles V by Leone Leoni (c.1553 –
1555), Emperor Rudolf II and Emperor
Christian II by Adriaen de Vries (both 1603)
together. All three works are among the
most important Renaissance portrait
sculptures of princes.
September 1958:
Das Grüne Gewölbe kehrt zurück (September
1958: The Grünes Gewölbe Returns)
1st June 2008 – 18th January 2009
Residenzschloss, Foyer Neues Grünes
Gewölbe
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. A photographic
exhibition 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
valnable than gold« Limoges painted
Enamel and Graphik of the Renaissance)
Exhibition by the Grünes Gewölbe in association
with the Kupferstich-Kabinett
27th September 2008 – 16th March 2009
Ewer depicting the Triumph of
Diana, last quarter of the 16th cent.,
Grünes Gewölbe