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The Glass of Wine VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
(1661/62)
Jan Vermeer’s carefully Practical Information
composed picture of a Matthäikirchplatz.
young woman drinking Map 3 F3. Tel (030) 266 42 42 42.
wine with a young man Open 10am–6pm Tue–Wed &
gently hints at the Fri, 10am–8pm Thu, 11am–6pm
relationship developing Sat & Sun. Closed 24 & 31 Dec.
between them.
& d m 7 ^ =
∑ smb.museum
Transport
  Potsdamer Platz.
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 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park.
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@ M29, M41, 200.
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Love in the
French Theatre
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This picture has a
companion piece
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called Love in the Italian
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Theatre. Both are by
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Antoine Watteau
(1684–1721).
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VII
8 . Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels
(1656–57)
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Rembrandt’s portrait of his lover,
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Hendrickje Stoffels, is typical of his work
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in the way it focuses on the subject and
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ignores the background.
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Key
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13th–16th-century German
painting
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14th–16th-century Dutch
and French painting
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17th-century Flemish and
Dutch painting
18th-century French, English and
German painting
Gallery Guide 17th–18th-century Italian painting,
The main gallery contains over 900 17th-century German, French and
Spanish painting
masterpieces grouped by period and country
of origin. These are complemented by around 13th–16th-century Italian painting
400 works in the gallery on the lower floor. 16th–18th-century miniatures
. Netherlandish
Proverbs (1559)
Pieter Bruegel managed to
illustrate more than 100
proverbs in this painting.
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