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Art museum in Karlsruhe, Germany

The Staatliche Kunsthalle (State Art Gallery) is an fine artmuseum in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Its collection consists of works by mainly German, French, Flemish and Dutch masters from the past eight centuries.

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The museum was conceived in the early 19th century by Heinrich Hübsch as a “Gesamtkunstwerk” combining architecture, painting and sculpture to house the collection of the Grand Duke of Baden.

The Kunsthalle Karlsruhe was one of the first museum buildings in Germany and is one of the very few to have largely retained its original design.

History

Built by the architect Heinrich Hübsch between and as the Grand Ducal Picture Gallery and extended in several phases, it is one of the oldest museum buildings in Germany. It was created especially for the extensive art collection of the Baden royal family, the basis of which is the so-called Mahlerey-Cabinet of Markgravine Karoline Luise ().

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