Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

238 CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE

The 18th-century Sternberg Palace has been home to

the National Gallery’s collection of European art since

1949. Franz Josef Sternberg founded the Society of
      Patriotic Friends of the Arts in Bohemia in 1796.
      Fellow noblemen would lend their finest sculp tures
      and pictures to the society, which had its head quarters
      in the Sternberg Palace. The Baroque build ing has a
      superb range of works by Old Masters.

Sternberg Palace 7

šternberský palác

Cardinal Cesi’s Garden in Rome (1548)
Henrick van Cleve’s painting provides a valuable
image of a Renaissance collection of antiquities.

The Lamentation

of Christ (1408)

The sculptural figures make

this one of the finest paint-

ings by Lorenzo Monaco.

STAR EXHIBITS

. Scholar in his Study
. Head of Christ
. The Martyrdom
of St Thomas

First

floor

Ground

floor

Passageway

to Castle

Square

Garden
Room

Stairs to

second

floor

Ticket

Office

Stairs to

first floor

For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp288–91 and pp292–5