Frames make Pictures
ALL EYES ON
29.07.2025 - 11.01.2026 ,
Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinacoteca)
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ALL EYES ON highlights a work or group of works, a significant artist personality or artistic position, guest appearances by individual loans, important restorations, or new acquisitions in the midst of the gallery. The artistic as well as technical qualities of the paintings, their content and significance, their history of creation and impact, and their creators are illuminated in the context of the collection. This opens up new, current perspectives and diverse insights into the research work at the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen.
In the course of their history, the works of the Old Masters have generally been separated from their original frames. Only very rarely have the original picture and frame been preserved as one entity. Many original frames have been lost and even other historical frames – namely new frames from previous centuries – have also been destroyed, for instance during wartime. Giving a painting the right frame is one of a curator’s fundamental tasks. Only a suitable frame can, after all, underline the effect intended by the artist to any great extent. Taking several works from the Italian Renaissance as examples, the presentation shows how paintings in the Alte Pinakothek have been embellished with historical frames or artistic derivatives.
Last edited on 09.01.2025