GLYPTOTHEK
(Sculpture Gallery)

Location
    Germany
    Munich
    Königsplatz

Building Type
    Art Museum

Year
    1816 - 1834

Style
   
Classicism

glyptothek.jpg (55968 bytes)The Glyptothek in the Königsplatz is notable as the first public sculpture gallery ever erected. The gallery houses a collection of Greek and Roman sculptures owned by the Bavarian state. The building, commissioned by King Louis I of Bavaria and designed in the Neoclassical style by Leo von Klenze.