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r Sternberg Palace
Šternberský Palác
Franz Josef Sternberg founded the Society of Patriotic
Friends of the Arts in Bohemia in 1796. Fellow noblemen
would lend their finest pictures and sculpture to the society,
which had its headquarters in the early 18th-century
Sternberg Palace. Since 1949, the fine Baroque building has
been used to house the National Gallery’s collection of
European art, with its superb range of Old Masters.

The Lamentation of Christ
Frozen, sculptural figures make
this one of the finest paintings
by Lorenzo Monaco (1408).

First
floor

Cardinal Cesi’s Garden in Rome
Henrick van Cleve’s painting (1548) provides a
valuable image of a Renaissance collections of
antiquities. The garden was later destroyed.

Garden
Room

Stairs to
second
floor
Gallery Guide
The gallery is arranged on three
Ground floors around the central court­
floor yard of the palace. The ground
Stairs to floor, reached from the court­
first floor yard, houses German and
Austrian art from the 15th to
19th centuries. The stairs to the
Passageway to collections on the upper floors
Ticket Hradčanské are just beyond the ticket office
office náměstí at the main entrance.

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Eyewitness Travel LAYERS PRINTED:
Starsight template “UK” LAYER
(Source v1.9)
Date 28th August 2012
Size 125mm x 217mm