The Liebieghaus is a late 19th-century villa in

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. It contains a sculpture museum, the ''Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus'', which is part of the

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on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main. Max Hollein was the director from January 2006 to 2016, followed by .

History

The Liebieghaus was built in 1896, in a palatial, Historicist style, as a retirement home for the Bohemian textile manufacturer Baron Heinrich von Liebieg (1839–1904). The city of Frankfurt acquired the building in 1908 and devoted it to the sculpture collection. A renovation was completed in October 2009. This included adding a publicly accessible "Open Depot", making it possible for the first time to view certain parts of the collection that are not in the permanent exhibition.

Collection

The museum includes ancient

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, Roman and Egyptian sculpture, as well as Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance and

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pieces, and works from the Far East. The collection was built up mostly through endowments and international purchases, and is universal in scope, with no particular link to the art or history of Frankfurt. The building stands on the Schaumainkai, in a garden in which a number of sculptures are also on display, including a replica of

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's ''Ariadne on the Panther''. The original, which was acquired by the banker

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in 1810, is currently in the depot. Other major exhibits include:''Germany – Tourist Guide''. Michelin et Cie. Watford (UK) / Clermont-Ferrand (France), 1996. . ISSN 0763-1383. *A marble

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*A marble statue of

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, a Roman copy of a Greek original by

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s carved from ivory (mid-9th century) *An Ottonian crucifix (mid-11th century) *A Romanesque king's head from a statue from the

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*Fragments from a Florentine tomb by

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(probably after 1318) *An alabaster sculpture of the Trinity by Hans Multscher (c.1430) *A Woman of the Apocalypse by

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*The Rimini Altar, an alabaster

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from northern France (c.1430) *A late-Gothic/early-Renaissance bust of Bärbel von Ottenheim, the mistress of Jakob von Lichtenberg (the ''

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'' of Strasbourg), by Nikolaus Gerhaert (1463–64).

Temporary exhibitions

* 2012: ''Jeff Koons. The Sculptor (at the Liebieghaus)'' * 2011/12: ''Niclaus Gerhaert. The Medieval Sculptor''

Gallery

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Notes

External links

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Die neue Antike: una visita alle sale di scultura classica della Liebieghaus di Francoforte
Anna Anguissola, ''LARTTE'', 30 October 2009. {{authority control Museums in Frankfurt Art museums established in 1909 Art museums and galleries in Germany Buildings and structures in Frankfurt Sculpture galleries in Germany 1909 establishments in Germany