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Gallery Guide VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Each floor in the museum displays
paintings belonging to one era. Practical Information
On the first floor, the exhibition Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
begins with a collection of & Fondation Corboud: Oben-
marspforten 40. Tel (0221) 22
art dating from the 12 11 19. Open 10am–6pm
Middle Ages; the Tue–Sun & hols (to 10pm 1st
second floor holds & 3rd Sun of month). = &
17th–18th century art, ∑ wallraf.museum
and on the third floor
works of art from the
19th century are
displayed, organized
by the schools of art
they represent.

Girls on a Bridge (1905)
Third floor Edvard Munch covered the
same subject several times
(see p441). The version held
in Cologne is one of the
earliest, and features an
urbanized landscape.

Jacob accuses Laban
of giving him Lai instead
of Rachel as a wife (1628)
This biblical scene was
painted by one of the
most outstanding
Dutch masters, Hendrick
ter Brugghen.

First floor

Old Woman and Boy
(around 1650–60)
This scene was painted by
Bartolome Esteban Murillo.
The artist excelled not only as
the master of charmingly
sentimental depictions of the
Madonna, but was also an
excellent observer of every-
day life in 17th-century Spain.
Key
Medieval paintings
Madonna and Child (1325–30) 17th- and 18th-century
This central panel of a polyptych paintings
by Simone Martini is thought to 19th- and 20th-century
have originated from the San paintings
Agostino church in San Giminiano. Non-exhibition space

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