Editing Alte Pinakothek (section)

== Collection ==
[[File:Lucas Cranach d. Ä. - The Lamentation of Christ - The Schleißheim Crucifixion - Alte Pinakothek.jpg|thumb|upright|''Kreuzigung Christi'' (English: ''Crucifixion of Christ'') by [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]]]]
[[File:Leonardo da Vinci Madonna of the Carnation.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''Virgin and Child'' (''[[Madonna of the Carnation]]'')]]

The museum is under the supervision of the [[Bavarian State Painting Collections]] which also owns an expanded collection of several thousand European paintings from the 13th to 18th centuries. Especially its collection of Early Italian, Old German, Old Dutch and Flemish paintings is one of the most important in the world.

More than 800 of these paintings are exhibited at the Old Pinakothek. Due to limited space in the building, some associated galleries throughout Bavaria such as the baroque galleries in [[Schleissheim Palace]] and [[Neuburg Castle (Bavaria)|Neuburg Palace]] additionally have works by the Old Masters on display. From 2014 through 2017, wings of the museum were sequentially closed for renovation, and the artworks in closed sections were unavailable for viewing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pinakothek.de/en/renovation-alte-pinakothek |title=Pinakothek.de – Renovation to Improve Energy Efficiency 2014–2017 |access-date=2014-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222211342/http://www.pinakothek.de/en/renovation-alte-pinakothek |archive-date=2014-02-22 }}</ref>

* '''German paintings''' 14th–17th century:
:The Alte Pinakothek comes with the most comprehensive collection of German Old Masters worldwide. Among many others, the Pinakothek shows works of [[Stefan Lochner]] (''Adoration of the Christ Child by the Virgin (The Nativity)''), [[Michael Pacher]] (''Altarpiece of the Church Fathers''), [[Martin Schongauer]] (''Holy Family''), [[Albrecht Dürer]] (''[[The Four Apostles]]'', ''Paumgartner Altar'', ''[[Self-Portrait (Dürer)|Self-Portrait]]''), [[Hans Baldung Grien]] (''Margrave Christoph of Baden''), [[Albrecht Altdorfer]] (''[[The Battle of Issus]]''), [[Lucas Cranach the Elder|Cranach]] (''[[Lamentation of Christ|Lamentation Beneath the Cross]]''), [[Hans Holbein the Elder|Holbein]] (St. Sebastian Altar; Central panel: ''Martyrdom of St. Sebastian''), [[Matthias Grünewald]] (''SS. Erasmus und Maurice''), [[Hans von Aachen]] (''The Triumph of Truth''), [[Adam Elsheimer]] (''[[The Flight into Egypt (Elsheimer)|The Flight into Egypt]]''), and [[Johann Liss]] (''Death of Cleopatra'').
* '''Early Netherlandish paintings''' 15th–16th century:
:One of the most impressive collections worldwide especially for [[Early Netherlandish painting]]s with masterpieces like [[Vera Icon (van Eyck)]] and other exceptional paintings for example of [[Rogier van der Weyden]] (''[[Saint Columba altarpiece]]''), [[Dieric Bouts]] (''Ecce Agnus Dei''), [[Lucas van Leyden]] (''Virgin and Child with Mary Magdalen and a Donor''), [[Hieronymus Bosch]] (''[[The Last Judgement (Bosch triptych fragment)|Fragment from the Last Judgment]]''), [[Hans Memling]] (''The Seven Joys of the Virgin''), and [[Jan Gossaert]], aka. Mabuse (''Danae'').
* '''Dutch paintings''' 17th–18th century:
:Due to the passion of the Wittelsbach rulers this section contains numerous exquisite paintings. Among the masters are [[Rembrandt van Rijn]] (''[[The Descent from the Cross (Rembrandt, 1633)|The Descent from the Cross]]'', ''The Holy Family''), [[Frans Hals]] (''Portrait of Willem Croes''), [[Pieter Lastman]] (''Odysseus and Nausikaa''), [[Carel Fabritius]] (''Self-Portrait''), [[Gerard Terborch]] (''The Flea-Catcher (Boy with His Dog)''), [[Jacob van Ruisdael]] (''Torrent with Oak Trees'') and many others.
* '''Flemish paintings''' 16th–18th century:
:The collection contains masterpieces of painters like [[Jan Mabuse]] (''Danae''), [[Pieter Brueghel the Elder]] (''Harbour Scene with Christ Preaching'', ''[[The Land of Cockaigne (Bruegel)|The Land of Cockaigne]]''), [[Jan Brueghel the Elder]] (''Harbour Scene with Christ Preaching''), [[Peter Paul Rubens]] (''[[Honeysuckle Bower|Rubens and Isabella Brant in the Honeysuckle Bower]]'', ''[[The Fall of the Damned]]'', ''[[The Great Last Judgement (Rubens)|The Great Last Judgement]]''), [[van Dyck]] (''[[Deposition (van Dyck, 1634)|Deposition]]'', ''Self-Portrait'', ''Susanna and the Elders''), [[Jacob Jordaens]]  (''Satyr with Peasants'') and [[Adriaen Brouwer]] (''Village Barbar's Shop'').

:The Rubens Collection with 72 paintings the largest permanent one worldwide.
* '''Italian paintings''' 13th–18th century:
:The Italian [[Gothic art|Gothic]] paintings are the oldest of the gallery, among them [[Giotto di Bondone|Giotto's]] famous ''The Last Supper'', then all Schools of Italian [[Renaissance]] and [[Baroque]] Painting are represented with works of [[Fra Angelico]] (''Entombment of Christ''), [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]] (''Virgin and Child with SS. Dominici, Michael, John the Baptist and John the Evangelist''), [[Sandro Botticelli]] (''[[Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Botticelli)|Lamentation over the Dead Christ]]''), [[Fra Filippo Lippi]] (''The Annunciation''), [[Lorenzo Lotto]] (''The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine''), [[Raphael]] (''[[Canigiani Holy Family (Raphael)|The Canigiani Holy Family]]'', ''[[Madonna della tenda]]'', ''[[Tempi Madonna (Raphael)|Madonna Tempi]]''), [[Leonardo da Vinci]] (''[[Madonna of the Carnation]]''), [[Antonello da Messina]] (''[[Virgin Annunciate (Antonello da Messina, Munich)|Annunciata]]''), [[Titian]] (''Vanity'', ''Charles V''), [[Tintoretto]] (''Christ in the House of Mary and Martha''), [[Paolo Veronese]] (''Amor with two dogs''), [[Guido Reni]] (''The Assumption of the Virgin''), [[Luca Giordano]] (''A Cynical Philosopher''), [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo|Tiepolo]] (''The Adoration of the Kings''), [[Francesco Guardi]] (''Regatta on the Canale della Guidecca''), [[Canaletto]] (''Piazetta in Venice'') and others.
* '''French paintings''' 16th–18th century:
:In spite of the close relationship of the [[Wittelsbach]]s to France it is the second smallest section with works, for example, of [[Claude Lorrain]]  (''The Expulsion of Hagar''), [[Nicolas Poussin]] (''Midas and Bacchus''), [[François Boucher]] (''Madame de Pompadour'', ''Reclining Girl''), [[Nicolas Lancret]] (''The Bird Cage''), [[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]] (''Woman Cleaning Turnips''), [[Maurice-Quentin de la Tour]] (''Mademoiselle Ferrand Meditating on Newton''), [[Claude Joseph Vernet]] (''Eastern Harbour at Dawn'') and [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]] (''Girl with Dog'').
* '''Spanish paintings''', 16th–18th century:
:Though this is the smallest section, all major masters are represented, such as [[El Greco]] (''The Disrobing of Christ''), [[Juan Pantoja de la Cruz|de la Cruz]] (''Infant Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain''), [[Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez|Velázquez]] (''Young Spanish Gentleman''), [[Jusepe de Ribera]] (''Saint Bartholomew''), [[Francisco de Zurbarán]] (''The Entombment of St. Catharine of Alexandria on Mount Sinai'', ''[[St. Francis in Ecstasy (Zurbarán)|St. Francis in Ecstasy]]''), and [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo|Murillo]] (''Beggar Boys Eating Grapes and Melon''). The paintings of [[Francisco Goya|Francisco de Goya]] were moved into the [[Neue Pinakothek|New Pinakothek]].