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Film
The Backstories series tells remarkable object histories about works from the collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. This episode is about an important collection of Botticelli drawings in the Kupferstichkabinett, which came to Berlin at the end of the 19th century in a cinematic manner: through the "Botticelli Coup".
Related Links
Museum and the City: Posts about Backstories on the blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (German only)
Museum and the City: „Backstories: Der Botticelli Coup“ on the blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (German only)
Exhibition
Press release
Kupferstichkabinett | Der Botticelli-Coup. Schätze der Sammlung Hamilton, 16.10.2015 – 24.01.2016