Hand-Painted Fine Art Reproductions of Famous Paintings

The Germanisches Nationalmuseum has existed since 1852. Its founder was the Franconian baron, Hans von und zu Aufsess, whose goal was to assemble a "well-ordered compendium of all available source material for German history, literature and art". After the unsuccessful attempt at political unification of the German state in 1848, the museum was conceived as a means of documenting the fundamental cultural unity of the "Germanic" - i.e., German-speaking - world. When the German Empire was established in 1871, the Germanisches Nationalmuseum officially became the National Museum of German Art and Culture.
The Collections
With current overall holdings of ca 1.2 million objects, the Germanisches Nationalmuseum is Germany's largest museum of cultural history. The permanent exhibitions, arranged in 17 sections, span the spectrum from prehistoric times to contemporary art and culture. A total of ca 20,000 display objects invite visitors to embark on a journey through time from Paleolithic hand-axes and the Bronze Age golden cone from Ezelsdorf-Buch to medieval sculptures by Veit Stoss and Tilman Riemenschneider, the Behaim Globe, the emperor portraits by Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt's self-portrait and all the way down to Joseph Beuys' "Felt Suit" of 1971. Moreover, selected aspects of the art and cultural history of the German-speaking world are highlighted in periodic special exhibitions.