The foundations for a world-class public art collection in Berlin
were laid in 1821: This was the year the Kingdom of Prussia
acquired on behalf of the museum to be established in Berlin the
painting collection of English merchant Edward Solly (1776-1844).
Between 1815 and 1820 this cosmopolitan lover of the arts living in
Berlin amassed thousands of paintings above all from Italy, Germany
and the Netherlands. Many of the works were by artists little known
at the time but who subsequently came to be greatly appreciated and
are still renowned today. The exhibition and the accompanying
catalogue showcase a representative selection of masterpieces,
rediscoveries, and "historical peculiarities", and provide an
insight into an age that on the one hand shaped our concepts of art
and museums and on the other hand had an entirely different view of
the works than we have today.
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