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. Lucca Madonna VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
This small painting by Jan van Eyck,
which evokes an intimate and Practical Information
intensely private Schaumainkai 63. Tel (069) 605
atmosphere, takes its 09 80. Open 10am–6pm Tue–
name from its former Wed & Sat–Sun, 10am–9pm Thu
owner, Charles Ludwig & Fri. & - = 8
de Bourbon, Duke ∑ staedelmuseum.de
of Lucca.

Ideal Portrait of a
Woman (around 1480)
Simonetta Vespucci,
mistress of Giuliano
Medici, is the subject of
this painting by Sandro
Botticelli. Her pendant
Second belonged at the time to
floor the Medici collection.

Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera (around 1710)
Jean-Antoine Watteau painted three pictures on this
theme, inspired by Dancourt’s play The Three Sisters.
The museum holds the earliest of the three, which
shows a Flemish influence.

Ground
floor

Orchestra Players
Key (1870–74)
Edgar Degas, not
Old Master Paintings completely satisfied with his
1300–1800
painting, retrieved it from its
Modern Art 1800–1945 owner. In 1874, he cropped
Special Exhibitions it on three sides, added a bit
Department of Prints at the top and repainted
and Drawings the entire painting.

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