Press Kit from 21 May 2026

**Glasnegativ des Werkes von Frans Hals (zugeschr.), Gastmahl im Freien, 1610/1624** Foto: Eva Gudermann

Gemäldegalerie | Lost Works of Art into View again

21.05.2026

The Gemaeldegalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) has completed the digitisation of historical photographs of works of art that were lost in fires at the Friedrichshain anti-aircraft bunker during the Second World War. The destroyed masterpieces are now being made available to the public in high-resolution form.

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Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640), Neptun und Amphitrite, um 1614
Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Gustav Schwarz

Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750), Blumenstrauß, 1705
Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Gustav Schwarz

Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), Bildnis eines Mönchs, um 1803
Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie (Eigentum des Kaiser Friedrich Museumsvereins) / Gustav Schwarz

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (1571-1610), Der Evangelist Matthäus, vor 1602
Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Gustav Schwarz

Anton van Dyck (1599-1641), Beweinung Christi, um 1630
Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Gustav Schwarz

Meister des Schöppinger Altars, Kreuzigung Christi und Szenen seiner Passion, um 1450-1460
Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Gustav Schwarz

Blick in das Atelier des Museumsfotografen Gustav Schwarz im Pergamonmuseum, Fotograf unbekannt, um 1932, Zentralarchiv, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Zentralarchiv

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