Prague Castle Gallery
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By Libor Kapicka
Published on 07/8/2007
The collection of the Prague Castle Gallery, housed in the beautiful Renaissance stables at the northern Second Courtyard contains around 400 paintings and drawings from the sixteenth to eighteenth century (European Art). A few works have survived from the legendary collection of Rudolph II, but most were lost as spoils of war during the seventeenth century, moved to Vienna or sold - either to the Saxons or in the 'Josephine' auction of 1782. Regarded as the most valuable paintings in the collection are Titian's Toilet of a Young Lady, Tintoretto's Flagellation of Christ and Rubens's The Assembly of the Olympic Gods. There are other major works by artists including Hans von Aachen, Domenico Fetti, Bartolomeo Spranger, Paolo Veronese and Jacopo Bassano. Gallery II holds temporary exhibitions, but also has a small permanent exhibition of pieces from the reign of Rudolph II.
Location: Prague Castle Second Courtyard (metro Malostranska). Admission is 100CZK. Open from 10am till 6pm.
The collection of the Prague Castle Gallery, housed in the beautiful Renaissance stables at the northern Second Courtyard contains around 400 paintings and drawings from the sixteenth to eighteenth century (European Art).
The collection of the Prague Castle Gallery, housed in the beautiful Renaissance stables at the northern Second Courtyard contains around 400 paintings and drawings from the sixteenth to eighteenth century (European Art). A few works have survived from the legendary collection of Rudolph II, but most were lost as spoils of war during the seventeenth century, moved to Vienna or sold - either to the Saxons or in the 'Josephine' auction of 1782. Regarded as the most valuable paintings in the collection are Titian's Toilet of a Young Lady, Tintoretto's Flagellation of Christ and Rubens's The Assembly of the Olympic Gods. There are other major works by artists including Hans von Aachen, Domenico Fetti, Bartolomeo Spranger, Paolo Veronese and Jacopo Bassano. Gallery II holds temporary exhibitions, but also has a small permanent exhibition of pieces from the reign of Rudolph II. Location: Prague Castle Second Courtyard (metro Malostranska). Admission is 100CZK. Open from 10am till 6pm.
