12.10.2023
to
11.02.2024
Kunstgewerbemuseum
The impetus for the exhibition was the spectacular acquisition of an opulent cylinder bureau by Canops for the Kunstgewerbemuseum. Loans from the Royal Collections in Madrid that have never before been displayed open up a previously unknown cosmos, for German and international audiences alike.
Though largely unknown today, the work of the royal workshop in Madrid under the direction of the ébéniste of German extraction José Canops (1733–1814) is among the crowning achievements of European furniture-making. It combines the explosive Rococo ornamentation developed by the court painter Mattia Gasparini for Carlos III – a truly European creation combining Italian tradition with an admiration for Parisian luxury and an exociticising enthusiasm for Asian art – with the precision of German carpentry and the wealth of the Spanish colonial world.
A special exhibition of the Kunstgewerbemuseum – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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Address / Getting there
Visitor entrance
Matthäikirchplatz
10785 Berlin
wheelchair accessible
U-Bahn: Potsdamer Platz
S-Bahn: Potsdamer Platz
Bus: Potsdamer Brücke, Potsdamer Platz Bhf / Voßstraße, Kulturforum, Philharmonie
Opening times
Sun 11:00 - 18:00
Mon closed
Tue 10:00 - 18:00
Wed 10:00 - 18:00
Thu 10:00 - 18:00
Fri 10:00 - 18:00
Sat 11:00 - 18:00
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