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MY ESCAPE FROM “THERE IS NO ESCAPE” – PART FOUR

At the end of my second visit to the Hockney exhibition a few weeks ago, I decided to have another walk through the Gemäldegalerie.  I’ve seen the permanent collection several times before, often in combination with a special exhibition, but I thought, “Why not?  You can never see too much good art.”  I don’t think I made it around more than 2/3 of the galleries, but what I saw was a Greatest Hits of European painting from the 13th to the 18th century.   

Here, in no particular order, is what I was able to capture.  If you are in Berlin, I recommend seeing the works in person.  My photos don't do them justice.

Jan Van Eyck  (ca. 12" tall!)

Rogier van der Weyden

Rembrandt (self-portrait, top)



 Vermeer


Georges de La Tour

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Raphael

Dürer

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Hans Holbein

Botticelli

Fra Filippo Lippi

Masaccio (front)

Masaccio (retro)

Ghirlandaio

Bellini

Caravaggio

Frans Hals

Watteau

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Reubens

Van Dyck

What with a pandemic, record heat waves, a war of attrition, and a general sense of something between malaise and foreboding, it feels so good to get back into a museum to see how others saw their world, coped with their trials and tribulations, and left us some things of beauty and permanence. 

Keep it real!

Marilyn

 

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