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Sculpture and Painting 13th-18th Century

Permanent exhibition
Bode-Museum

The Skulpturensammlung is one of the largest collections of ancient sculpture in the world and is housed in the Bode-Museum on the Museumsinsel Berlin. The sculptures range in date from the early Middle Ages to the late 18th century and come from the German-speaking countries, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain.

Visitors are greeted by a wonderful variety of Italian masterworks, starting with medieval sculptures such as the Madonna by Presbyter Martinus and the 'Man of Sorrows’ by Giovanni Pisano, and leading to works by masters of the early Renaissance. Glazed terracottas by Luca della Robbia, Donatello’s 'Pazzi Madonna’, and the portrait busts of Desiderio da Settignano and Mino da Fiesole form particular highlights in the collection.

Equally impressive are the German late Gothic sculptures, including such arresting works as Michel Erhart’s 'Madonna of Mercy’ ('Schutzmantelmadonna’) and sculptures by Hans Multscher, Niclaus Gerhaert von Leyden, Tilman Riemenschneider, Hans Brüggemann, and Hans Leinberger. These are followed by works from the German Renaissance and Baroque periods, including small sculptures carved from alabaster and ivory. The collection ends with the particularly striking monumental warrior saints by Martin Zürn, dating from the time of the Thirty Years’ War.

The Bode-Museum also boasts impressive examples of architectural sculpture. The Romanesque tribune from the Abbey Church in Gröningen, with its finely detailed figure-carving, is one of the German masterpieces of the period, while the animated sculptures of Andreas Schlüter and the group of six statues of military commanders, specifically made for the former Wilhelmplatz in Berlin, are representative of Berlin statuary of the 17th and 18th centuries. Rococo and Neoclassicism in Germany are exemplified with works by Ignaz Günther, Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, Edmé Bouchardon, Pierre Puget, und Jean-Antoine Houdon.

One room adjoining the balcony of the Great Dome is dedicated to James Simon, the most important patron in the history of the Berlin museums, who endowed the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum/Skulpturensammlung with his important collection of medieval and Renaissance art. On the opposite side of the balcony stands a cabinet whose display commemorates the fires that engulfed the 'flak bunker’ in Berlin-Friedrichshain in May 1945, resulting in the severe damage or total loss of many of the Skulpturensammlung’s works.

On display for a period of three years is the Würth Kunstkammer, comprising 28 loans from the collection of the industrialist and contemporary patron of the arts Reinhold Würth, in a remarkable example of the commitment to the arts made by private individuals today. The loans are mainly small ivory pieces by 17th and 18th century artists such as Leonhard Kern, Zacharias Hegewald, Joachim Henne, Adam Lenckhardt, Paul Egell, and Christoph Daniel Schenck. Other highlights are a valuable 17th century amber altar and a silver sculpture, partially gilded, by Paulus Ättinger, representing Diana riding on a stag.


A permanent exhibition of the Skulpturensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Bode-Museum / Anika Büssemeier
Antike Mythen


Ausstellungsgespräch | 60 Minuten | 30 €

Tilmann Riemenschneider, Musizierende und singende Engel, Lindenholz (um 1505)
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst / Antje Voigt CC NC-BY-SA
Engel — himmlische Wesen


Workshop | 120 Minuten | 60 €

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Sarah Wenzinger, 2021
Haltung zeigen!


Workshop | 180 Minuten | 90 €

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/ Ute Klein
Ist das alles echt? Das Bode-Museum kennenlernen


Workshop | 120 Minuten | 60 €

© Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Bode-Museum / Valerie Schmidt
Woran erkennt man Kunststile?


Ausstellungsgespräch | 60 Minuten | 30 Euro

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst / Antje Voigt CC NC-BY-SA
Bernini, Canova, Riemenschneider – Masterpieces from Five Centuries | Guided Tour

Bode-Museum
Guided tour (60 min)

The Bode-Museum on the Museumsinsel Berlin
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker
Tilmann Riemenschneider, Luke the Evangelist, detail, 1490-1492 with app screenshot „Perfect Match! Bode-Museum“
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst / Antje Voigt
New Presentation of the Kunstkammer Würth at the Bode-Museum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung / Markus Hilbich
Final state after restoration 2022 (detail)
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst / Marion Böhl
The Kaiser Friedrich Museumsverein Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Bode-Museum / Wolfgang Gülcker
Table telephone set, Zwietusch, manufacturer, 1930s, place of use: Berlin
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Ute Franz-Scarciglia
Bode-Museum and Pergamonmuseum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Photo: David von Becker
The Reinstallation of the James Simon Cabinet
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Antje Voigt
Tilmann Riemenschneider, Luke the Evangelist, detail, 1490-1492 with app screenshot „Perfect Match! Bode-Museum“
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst / Antje Voigt

Am Kupfergraben, Eingang über die Monbijoubrücke
10117 Berlin

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