Wallraf Richartz Museum

Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne is one of the huge traditional art galleries in Germany. From the period between 1250 and 1550 to the Medieval and early modern paintings form the notable core of this museum’s compilation. The Baroque section is consisted of masterpieces by Rubens, Rembrandt and others. Moreover, the 19th century section is adorned with paintings from the Romantic period, Realism, Impressionism and Symbolism and a small collection of sculpture are other important focal points of the collection.

Visit the unique Stefan Lochner of about 1400-1451 or Madonna in the rose bower, on oak, 50,5x40 cm, ca. of 1450; and enjoy your tour to Cologne at its best.

Recently, in the year 2001, the enhancement of the Corboud Collection comprising 170 Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist paintings adds a new charm to Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne. You will also find an all-inclusive collected works of graphic art consisting of roughly 75,000 prints.

Art in Cologne dwells in an exceptional place within German medieval painting, not only as a consequence of the number of works fashioned, but also as a result of its exclusive excellence. Here you will get to see 290 paintings from medieval Cologne. The museum has the most significant collection of medieval Cologne painting in the world including Stefan Lochner’s “Weltgericht” (Judgement Day) and “Mutter Gottes in der Rosenlaube” (Virgin in the Rose Arbour).

Therefore, coming to this museum is to get the offer of an almost complete overview of the development of Cologne panel painting from 1300-1550.

Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne which originated with the comprehensive estate of the scholar and collector Ferdinand Franz Wallraf is the oldest Cologne museum and at the same time one of the earliest civic museums in Germany.

In the Middle Ages this was the artistic centre of the cathedral city with the workshops of the goldsmiths and painters of Cologne.