Please note: The Guelph Treasure is currently not on display as the objects are being prepared for the future permanent exhibition.

Looked At! The interior of Carl Blechen's Palm House

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Carl Blechen's painting "The Interior of the Palm House" from 1832/33 already transported viewers at the time directly into the ambience of the Palm House on Berlin's Peacock Island, which the Prussian King Frederick William III had built.

Image: Carl Blechen, The interior of the Palm House. (1832/33).  © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders 
Animation: Retina Fabrik