Staatliche Graphische Sammlung
The Staatliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich is built around a scale that’s hard to imagine: it holds 400,000 sheets, with works starting in the 15th century and coming from artists across the world. This government-owned collection traces its roots to 1758, when Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, created a Kupferstich- und Zeichnungskabinett in Mannheim; it was later brought to Munich in 1794 because of French troops. For a time the material was shared with the public through the Kupferstich-Kabinett of the Alte Pinakothek in 1839, before becoming an independent museum in 1874. Its identity also shifted with the name Königliche Graphische Sammlung in 1905, and in 1917 its inventory moved to the Neue Pinakothek until 1944. …
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