The Gemaldegalerie (Picture Gallery) houses a significant collection of more than two thousand European paintings from the 13th-18th centuries.

There are masterpieces from all eras, including works by artists such as Bruegel, Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Rubens. Italian paintings from the 14th-18th centuries, Dutch paintings from the 15th-16th centuries, as well as old German paintings from the Late Gothic and Renaissance periods, also feature heavily.

There are familiar paintings guaranteed in almost every room you enter.