Albertinum Masterpieces of the Nineteenth Century

From Friedrich to Gauguin and from Rietschel to Rodin: selected masterpieces of the 19th century. Painting and sculpture between Romanticism and Symbolism (tour with audio commentaries).
WELCOME

History of the Albertinum

WELCOME. THE TOUR BEGINS.
Our tour now continues on the first floor. From the Atrium either take the elevator or the staircase up to the Mosaic Hall. In the Mosaic Hall we will be taking a closer look at Schiller and Goethe – in a model in a glass display case on the left-hand side.

The Mosaic Hall

Wilhelmine Benigna Biron Duchess of Sagan
Thorvaldsen, Bertel ((1770-1844)) | Sculptor
Wilhelmine, Sagan, Herzogin ((1770-1844)) | Person(s) shown

Design for the Goethe-Schiller Monument in Weimar
Rietschel, Ernst (1804-1861) | Sculptor
Schiller, Friedrich (1804-1861) | Person(s) shown
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1804-1861) | Person(s) shown

Nicholas I Pavlovich, Tsar of Russia
Rauch, Christian Daniel ((1777-1857)) | Sculptor
Nikolaj, Russland, Zar ((1777-1857)) | Person(s) shown

Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia
Rauch, Christian Daniel ((1777-1857)) | Sculptor
Alexandra, Russland, Zarin ((1777-1857)) | Person(s) shown

Allegory of Music pediment
Rietschel, Ernst ((1804-1861)) | Sculptor

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (plaster model)
Rietschel, Ernst ((1804-1861)) | Sculptor
Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim ((1804-1861)) | Person(s) shown

Next stop
Leave now the Mosaik Hall and go to the Klingre Hall on the opoosite side.

Amazon
Stuck, Franz von ((1863-1928)) | Sculptor

Forest Secret
Diez, Robert ((1844-1922)) | Sculptor

Next stop
Now, our tour continues on the second floor. Either take the elevator or the large staircase and on the second floor go through the entrance on the right of the staircase. The next stop is a painting by Caspar David Friedrich in the second room.

Cross in the Mountains
Friedrich, Caspar David ((1774-1840)) | Painter
Kühn, Christian Gottlob ((1774-1840)) | Woodcarver
Friedrich, Caspar David ((1774-1840)) | Design

Same room
The next stop on our tour is also on show in this room.

The Large Enclosure near Dresden
Friedrich, Caspar David ((1774-1840)) | Painter

Two rooms ahead
The next painting on our tour is in the next room. You’ll find it on the left-hand side.

Young Lady with Drawing Utensils - Countess Thekla Ludolf, née Weyssenhoff
Vogel von Vogelstein, Carl Christian ((1788-1868)) | Painter

The wedding painting
Our next stop is in the same room. A painting of a wedding by Ludwig Richter.

Bridal Procession in Spring
Richter, Ludwig ((1803-1884)) | Painter

Two rooms ahead
Now carry on trough the next room to the room after that. There you can find the next stop on our tour on the left-hand side.

Next room
Our next stop is in the next room. A painting of dancers by Degas.

Two Dancers
Degas, Edgar ((1834-1917)) | Painter

Little Dancer, aged Fourteen
Degas, Edgar ((1834-1917)) | Sculptor

The following two works
In the next room, you can find out more about the paintings of Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin.

The Jar of Peaches
Monet, Claude ((1840-1926)) | Painter

Parau Api. What's New?
Gauguin, Paul ((1848-1903)) | Painter

The New Salome
Klinger, Max (1857-1920) | Sculptor

Summer's Day
Böcklin, Arnold ((1827-1901)) | Painter

Last work on the tour
You can leave the Gallery and go back through the staircase to the first floor. Now go back towards the entrance and enter the Sculpture Hall through the door on the right with the luminous arrow. Rodin’s famous sculpture The Thinker is then directly ahead of you.

The Thinker
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) | Sculptor

Firedamp
Meunier, Constantin ((1831-1905)) | Sculptor

The Porter
Meunier, Constantin ((1831-1905)) | Sculptor

Thank you and good bye
Now we have come to the end of the tour. We appreciate the interest and thank you for your attention. For more exciting tours, you can have a look at the tour overview.

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