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

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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,

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style, as a retirement home for the

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n 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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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

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, in a garden in which a number of sculptures are also on display, including a replica of Dannecker's ''Ariadne on the Panther''. The original, which was acquired by the banker Simon Moritz von Bethmann 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

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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

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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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), 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
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