Wallraf-Richartz Museum. The Wallraf-Richartz Museum is one of the three major museums in Cologne, Germany.
It holds The Crucifixion by Stefan Lochner, a large altarpiece painted by the German artist Stefan Lochner in the mid-15th century and considered one of the masterpieces of the International Gothic style. It also holds The Lamentation of Christ, a triptych painted by the Flemish artist Rogier van der Weyden, considered one of the most important works of Early Netherlandish painting.
Also in the collection is The Art of Painting by Johannes Vermeer. The museum dates back to the year 1824, when the comprehensive collection of medieval art from Franz Ferdinand Wallraf came to the city of Cologne by inheritance.
The first building was donated by Johann Heinrich Richartz, and the museum was opened in 1861. The collection was regularly expanded by donations, especially the Haubrich collection of contemporary art, in 1946.
In 1976, on the occasion of the donation of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig, the collection was split. The new Museum Ludwig took over the exhibition of the 20th century art. The current building from 2001, near the Cologne City Hall, was designed by Oswald Mathias Ungers. Also in 2001, Swiss collector Gérard Corboud gave his impressionist and postimpressionist collection of over 170 works to the museum as a permanent loan. The museum then added Fondation Corboud to its name. The Madonna in the R
It holds The Crucifixion by Stefan Lochner, a large altarpiece painted by the German artist Stefan Lochner in the mid-15th century and considered one of the masterpieces of the International Gothic style. It also holds The Lamentation of Christ, a triptych painted by the Flemish artist Rogier van der Weyden, considered one of the most important works of Early Netherlandish painting.
Also in the collection is The Art of Painting by Johannes Vermeer. The museum dates back to the year 1824, when the comprehensive collection of medieval art from Franz Ferdinand Wallraf came to the city of Cologne by inheritance.
The first building was donated by Johann Heinrich Richartz, and the museum was opened in 1861. The collection was regularly expanded by donations, especially the Haubrich collection of contemporary art, in 1946.
In 1976, on the occasion of the donation of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig, the collection was split. The new Museum Ludwig took over the exhibition of the 20th century art. The current building from 2001, near the Cologne City Hall, was designed by Oswald Mathias Ungers. Also in 2001, Swiss collector Gérard Corboud gave his impressionist and postimpressionist collection of over 170 works to the museum as a permanent loan. The museum then added Fondation Corboud to its name. The Madonna in the R
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