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The Wallraf–Richartz Museum (full name in German: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud) is one of the three major museums in Cologne, Germany. It houses an art gallery with a collection of fine art from the medieval period to the early twentieth century.

Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Foundation Corboud

Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Established	July 1, 1871; 151 years ago (1871-07-01)
Location	Obenmarspforten 40 Am Kölner Rathaus 50667 Cologne, Germany
Coordinates	50.9378848°N 6.9592605°E / 50.9378848; 6.9592605
Collection size	European Fine art: Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist
Director	Dr. Marcus Dekiert
Public transit access	5 16 18 Köln Hbf
Website	www.wallraf.museum/en

History

The museum dates back to the year 1824, when the comprehensive collection of medieval art from Franz Ferdinand Wallraf came to the city of Cologne by inheritance. The first building was donated by Johann Heinrich Richartz, and the museum was opened in 1861, just after his death.[1]

The collection was regularly expanded by donations, especially the Haubrich collection of contemporary art in 1946. In 1976, on the occasion of the donation of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig, the collection was split. The new Museum Ludwig took over the exhibition of the 20th century art.

The current building from 2001, near the Cologne City Hall, was designed by Oswald Mathias Ungers. Also in 2001, Swiss collector Gérard Corboud gave his impressionist and postimpressionist collection of over 170 works to the museum as a permanent loan. The museum then added "Fondation Corboud" to its name.[2]

Collections

Gothic collection

The Madonna in the Rose Bower is among the Gothic paintings in the collection of the Wallraf–Richartz Museum. It was created by Stefan Lochner, who lived in Germany between 1410 and 1451, mainly working in Cologne. He is considered a late Gothic painter. His work usually has a clean appearance, combining the Gothic attention to long flowing lines with brilliant colors and a Flemish influence of realism and attention to detail. This painting is considered typical of his style. It was executed about 1450, and shows the Virgin and Child reposing in a blooming rose arbor that is attended by Lochner's characteristic, child angels. Another outstanding Gothic painting in the Wallraf-Richartz's collection is an Arrest of Jesus by the "Master of the Karlsruhe Passion", the only surviving panel of that painter's influential Passion cycle not kept in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.[3]

Renaissance collection

The Wallraf-Richartz-Museum houses an altarpiece (1515) from the Great Saint Martin Church in Cologne, one of the few known works by Jacob van Utrecht. Among other early Renaissance works in the collection are the Adoration of the Child by Hieronymus Bosch, and a panel of the Jabach Altarpiece by Albrecht Dürer.

Baroque collection

Among the artists in the collection from the Baroque through Rococo period are works by Rubens (Juno and Argus, 1610); Rembrandt (self-portrait); Jordaens; Frans Snyders; van Dyck; Frans Hals; Gerard van Honthorst; Pieter de Hooch; Gerard de Lairesse; François Boucher; Nicolas de Largillierre; Jean-Honoré Fragonard; Marguerite Gérard, and Giambattista Pittoni.[4]

Impressionist collection

The Wallraf-Richartz collection includes works by the Impressionists Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Gustave Caillebotte, and Berthe Morisot, whose Child among staked roses or "Kind zwischen Stockrosen", was painted in 1881.

Monet forgery discovered

On February 14, 2008, the Wallraf–Richartz Museum announced that On the Banks of the Seine by Port Villez, attributed to Claude Monet, was a forgery. The discovery was made when the painting was examined by restorers prior to an upcoming Impressionism exhibition. X-ray and infrared testing revealed that a "colorless substance" had been applied to the canvas to make it appear older. The picture was acquired by the museum in 1954. The museum, which will keep the forgery, still has five authentic Monet paintings in its collection.[5]

Gallery of art

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  Hieronymus Bosch, Adoration of the Child, c.1568 or later
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  Joos de Momper, Mountain Scene with Bridges, Late 16th century or early 17th century
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  Gerard van Honthorst, Adoration of the Shepherds, 1622
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  Rubens, Holy Family, 1634
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  Van Gogh, Langlois Bridge at Arles, 1888
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  Marianne Stokes, Melisande, 1895-1898
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  German postage stamp celebrating 150 years of the museum

See also

• Max Silberberg
• List of claims for restitution for Nazi-looted art

References

External links

• Official website
• Literature on and by Walraf-Richartz Museum

На других языках

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[de] Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud

Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Köln sind eine der großen klassischen Gemäldegalerien Deutschlands. Das älteste Museum der Stadt Köln beherbergt in einem Gebäude von 2001 die weltweit umfangreichste Sammlung mittelalterlicher Malerei, insbesondere der „Kölner Malerschule“, sowie eine repräsentative Auswahl an Kunst des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts. Mit den Werken der Fondation Corboud verfügt das Museum über die umfangreichste Sammlung impressionistischer und neoimpressionistischer Kunst in Deutschland. Zum Bestand zählt ebenso eine bedeutende Graphische Sammlung von mehr als 75.000 Blättern aus dem Mittelalter bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Seit dem 1. März 2013 ist Marcus Dekiert Direktor des Museums.

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- [en] Wallraf–Richartz Museum

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[fr] Musée Wallraf Richartz

Le musée Wallraf-Richartz & Fondation Corboud (en allemand Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud) à Cologne en Allemagne est l'une des grandes galeries de peinture d’Allemagne. Plus vieux musée de Cologne, il abrite la plus importante collection au monde de peintures médiévales et une sélection représentative d’œuvres jusqu'à la fin du XIXe siècle. Le musée possède également une importante collection d'art graphique, riche de quelque 75 000 feuilles de toutes les périodes.

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[it] Wallraf-Richartz Museum

Il Wallraf-Richartz Museum è situato nel centro storico di Colonia e ospita una delle pinacoteche più importanti della Germania.

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[ru] Музей Вальрафа-Рихарца

Музей Вальрафа-Рихарца (нем. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud) в Кёльне — одна из крупных картинных галерей Германии. Музей располагается в построенном в 2001 году здании Музея города Кёльна и хранит самую крупную в мире коллекцию средневековой живописи, в частности, кёльнской школы живописи, а также обширное собрание графики.

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