The Staatsgalerie Aschaffenburg ("State Gallery Aschaffenburg") is an art museum in

Schloss Johannisburg Schloss Johannisburg is a schloss in the town of Aschaffenburg, in Franconia, in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It was erected between 1605 and 1614 by the architect for Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, Prince Bishop of Mainz. Until German m ...

Aschaffenburg Aschaffenburg (; Hessian: ''Aschebersch'', ) is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg, despite being its administrative seat, is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg. Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...

, Germany. With some 368 paintings, it is the largest of the galleries outside Munich making up the

Bavarian State Painting Collections The Bavarian State Painting Collections (), based in Munich, Germany, oversees artwork held by the Free State of Bavaria. It was established in 1799 as ''Centralgemäldegaleriedirektion''. Artwork includes paintings, sculptures, photographs, video ...

. The origin and main part of the museum is the collection of

Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal Friedrich Karl Joseph Reichsfreiherr von Erthal (3 January 1719 – 25 July 1802) was prince-elector and Archbishopric of Mainz, archbishop of Mainz from 18 July 1774 to 4 July 1802, shortly before the end of the archbishopric in the ''Reichsdepu ...

Elector of Mainz The Elector of Mainz was one of the seven Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire. As both the Archbishop of Mainz and the ruling prince of the Electorate of Mainz, the Elector of Mainz held a powerful position during the Middle Ages. The Archb ...

, who lived in Johannisburg from 1792 until his death in 1802. The focus lies on German and Netherlandic paintings, mainly

genre paintings Genre painting (or petit genre) is the painting of genre art, which depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity c ...

Selection of works

Abraham Bloemaert Abraham Bloemaert (25 December 1566 – 27 January 1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the " Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style ...

, ''The preaching of John the Baptist'' *Follower of

Adriaen Brouwer Adriaen Brouwer ( – January 1638) was a Flemish painter active in Flanders and the Dutch Republic in the first half of the 17th century.Aert de Gelder Aert de Gelder (; October 26, 1645 – August 27, 1727) was a Dutch painter, the only Dutch artist to paint in the tradition of Rembrandt's late style into the 18th century. File:Cranach il vecchio, passaggio del mar rosso 1, aschaffenburg, staatsgalerie.JPG,

Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach the Elder ( ; – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German ...

, ''Crossing the Red Sea'' File:2011-03-26 Aschaffenburg 031 Schloss Johannisburg, Staatsgalerie, Lucas Cranach der Ältere - Kreuzigungsaltärchen (6090768811).jpg, Lucas Cranach the Elder, ''Crucifixion Altar'' File:AB StGal Schule CranachÄ Beweinung Chrsti.jpg, Anonymous, school of Lucas Cranach the Elder, ''Mourning the dead Christ'' File:AB StGal Schule CranachÄ Messe Gregor02.jpg, Anonymous, workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder, ''The Mass of Saint Gregory'' File:2011-03-26 Aschaffenburg 012 Schloss Johannisburg, Staatsgalerie, Peter Paul Rubens - Eberjagd (6091264992).jpg,

Peter Paul Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish painting, Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque painting, Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged comp ...

, ''Wild boar hunt'' File:2011-03-26 Aschaffenburg 023 Schloss Johannisburg, Staatsgalerie, David Teniers der Jüngere - Gesellschaft kostümierter Affen (6091291642).jpg,

David Teniers the Younger David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile artist ...

, ''Costumised monkeys'' File:François-André Vincent - Le Prêtre grec.jpg,

François-André Vincent François-André Vincent (; 30 December 1746 – 4 August 1816) was a French neoclassical painter. Biography Vincent was born in Paris in 1746, the son of the miniaturist François-Elie Vincent. He studied under Joseph-Marie Vien and wa ...

, ''Greek priest''

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