Semper Gallery

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The Semper Gallery is a prominent art museum wing in Dresden, Germany, renowned for housing the Old Masters Picture Gallery within the historic Zwinger complex.

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Label Occurrences
Semper Gallery canonical 1
Semper Gallery (Dresden) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum building
museum wing
architect Gottfried Semper NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture
buildingMaterial sandstone
category Art museums and galleries in Dresden
Gottfried Semper buildings
constructionEnd 1854
constructionStart 1847
country Germany NERFINISHED
formsSideOf Zwinger courtyard NERFINISHED
function art museum
picture gallery
hasFacade long, two-storey gallery front facing the Elbe side of the Zwinger
hasFeature central staircase
enfilade of exhibition rooms
rich sculptural decoration on the facade
heritageStatus part of a protected historic monument ensemble
housesCollection Old Masters Picture Gallery NERFINISHED
locatedIn Dresden NERFINISHED
locatedInComplex Zwinger NERFINISHED
locatedInOldTown Innere Altstadt, Dresden NERFINISHED
locatedInState Saxony NERFINISHED
namedAfter Gottfried Semper NERFINISHED
nearby Brühl's Terrace NERFINISHED
Dresden Castle NERFINISHED
Semperoper NERFINISHED
notableCollection Dutch Golden Age paintings
Flemish Baroque paintings
Italian Renaissance paintings
notableWorkHeld Sistine Madonna by Raphael NERFINISHED
Sleeping Venus by Giorgione and Titian NERFINISHED
The Chocolate Girl by Jean-Étienne Liotard NERFINISHED
The Prodigal Son in the Tavern by Rembrandt NERFINISHED
The Tribute Money by Titian NERFINISHED
openingDate 1855
operator Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden NERFINISHED
ownedBy Free State of Saxony NERFINISHED
partOf Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden NERFINISHED
replaces earlier gallery buildings of the Zwinger
restoration comprehensive renovation completed in the 1990s
post-war reconstruction in the 1950s
touristAttraction major cultural attraction in Dresden
warDamage severely damaged in World War II

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Zwinger Palace, Dresden hasPart Semper Gallery
Gottfried Semper notableWork Semper Gallery
this entity surface form: Semper Gallery (Dresden)