Städel
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The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt am Main, with one of the most important collections in Germany.
The Städel owns 2,700 paintings (of which 600 are displayed) and a graphical collection of 100,000 drawings and prints as well as 600 sculptures. It has around 4,000 m² of display and a library of 100,000 books and 400 periodicals.
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Well-known works
- Jan van Eyck, Lucca-Madonna, 1390–1441, Mischtechnik auf Eichenholz, 66 x 50 cm
- Oberrheinischer Meister, Paradiesgärtlein, between 1400 und 1420, mixed technique on oak, 26 x 33 cm
- Sandro Botticelli, Weibliches Idealbildnis, 1480–85, mixed technique on poplar wood, 82 x 54 cm
- Bartolomeo Veneto, Weibliches Idealbildnis, between 1500–1530, mixed technique on poplar wood, 44 x 34 cm
- Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Die Blendung Simsons, 1636, oil on canvas, 205 x 272 cm
- Jan Vermeer van Delft, Der Geograph, 1669, oil on canvas, 53 x 47 cm
- Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Goethe in the Roman Campagna, 1787, oil on canvas, 164 x 206 cm
- Edgar Degas, Orchestermusiker (Musiciens à l'orchestre), 1872, oil on canvas, 69 x 49 cm
The museum also features works by the 20th-century German artist Max Beckmann.
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