Statens Museum for Kunst
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| Established | 1896 |
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| Location | Sølvgade 48 Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Visitors | 424,710 (2007) |
| Director | Mikkel Bogh |
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Bus stop: 'Georg Brandes Plads, Parkmuseerne' Bus lines: 6A, 14, 26, 40, 42, 43, 184, 185, 150S, 173 E Train: S-tog and regional train to Østerport and Nørreport station Metro: Nørreport station |
| Website | http://www.smk.dk/en/ |
Bus stop: 'Georg Brandes Plads, Parkmuseerne'
Bus lines: 6A, 14, 26, 40, 42, 43, 184, 185, 150S, 173 E
Train: S-tog and regional train to Østerport and Nørreport station
National Gallery of Denmark (Danish: Statens Museum for Kunst, also known as "SMK") is the Danish located in the centre of Copenhagen.
The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and handles Danish and foreign art dating from the 14th century to the present day.
The museum's collections constitute almost 9,000 paintings and sculptures, approximately 240,000 works of art on paper as well as more than 2,600 plaster casts of figures from ancient times, the middle-ages and the Renaissance. The major part of the museum's older collections comes from the art chambers of Danish kings.
The display of European Art 1300–1800 is a comprehensive collection of art over the 500-year period, featuring works by Mantegna, Cranach, Titian, Rubens and Rembrandt. The art is spread over thirteen rooms, and is the oldest art collection in Denmark, with a particular emphasis on Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French, Spanish and German pieces.
Danish and Nordic Art 1750-1900 charts Scandinavian art from the beginnings of Danish painting through the ‘Golden Age’ to the birth of Modernism. It displays over 400 works through 24 galleries. It features work by Abildgaard, Eckersberg, Købke, Ring, and Hammershøi.
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