2008 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Galleon depicting scenes from classical
mythology, late 16th century, Grünes Gewölbe
80 A large proportion of the Dresden works has been painstakingly
restored and subjected to thorough research
specifically for this exhibition. The exhibition, which was
previously on display in Madrid, presents an additional
aspect in Dresden: the actual transformations that the
sculptures underwent as a result of the restoration work
carried out in the 17th century.
Carl gustav Carus. Natur und idee
Exhibition by the Kupferstich-Kabinett and the Galerie
Neue Meister in association with the Alte Nationalgalerie
Berlin
Dresden: Residenzschloss and Semperbau, Zwinger
26th June – 20th September 2009
Berlin: Alte Nationalgalerie
9th October 2009 – 10th January 2010
The physician and naturalist, artist and philosopher Carl
Gustav Carus (1789 – 1869) is regarded as a “polymath” or
“universal scholar” comparable to Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe and Alexander von Humboldt. His enormous
oeuvre provides plenty of scope for interdisciplinary research.
The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden’s holdings
of more than 700 drawings and prints as well as 22
paintings, including outstanding works of the Romantic
era, constitute the most important collection of artistic
works by Carus. In association with the Staatliche Museen
zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden are
now paying tribute to his wide-ranging achievements in
an exhibition which goes beyond aesthetic appreciation
and the history of science to consider current interdiscipli-
View of the Fürstengalerie, design by Peter Kulka Architektur Dresden GmbH
nary issues. The exhibition will feature around 250 paintings
and drawings by Carl Gustav Carus as well as about
50 outstanding works by contemporaries of the artist,
these being mainly paintings and portrait busts. More than
half the works belong to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden.
These exhibits will be complemented by letters, medical
instruments, writings – some of them illustrated – and
around 40 selected items from Carus’s collection of casts
and skulls, all of which will document the wide-ranging
activities of this naturalist and physician.
mit Fortuna übers meer. sachsen und Dänemark –
Ehen und Allianzen im spiegel der kunst (1548 – 1709)
(Crossing the sea with Fortuna. saxony and Denmark –
marriages and Alliances mirrored in Art [1548 – 1709])
Exhibition by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
and the Royal Danish Collections, Rosenborg Castle
Dresden: Residenzschloss
24rd August 2009 – 4th January 2010
2nd location: Copenhagen, Rosenborg Castle
13th February – 24th May 2010
For more than two centuries, the Electorate of Saxony,
which was at that time located in the middle of the German
lands, cultivated special relations with Denmark, the
most powerful kingdom in northern Europe. When Duke
August married the Danish Princess Anna in 1548, Dresden
and Copenhagen established a long-lasting alliance. Topquality
works of art from the Renaissance and Baroque
periods on show in the exhibition testify to the magnifi-