Zwinger: the Old Masters' Gallery

Paintings! A lot of them. They had a special exhibit of religious art, featuring Theotokos (see, my Orthodox past is reasserting itself here). There were a handful of paintings by Rembrandt, Brueghel, Rubens, a couple of familiar Italian sounding names...

The big draw though, is Raphael's Sistine Madonna, which a lot of people know from the two little angels on the bottom rolling their eyes. (I'm really resisting making a turtle joke here, and almost succeeded) They show up on a lot of stuff: cards, tote bags, you name it. There was also a nice Boticelli Madonna in the special exhibit. And an altar piece by Cranach the Elder, mixing the central painting.

A lot of the photos are kind of wonky, so apologies. My wrist hurt and the camera is heavy.Read more