Collections
(Partial list.) [4]
Pre-Historic and Roman Departments
Antiquities from the Mainz area, including a Venus-like statue from 23,000 BC; stone axes from the Late Stone Age; Roman stone memorials; busts of bronze and marble; a 1st-century Roman Jupiter Column; a 3rd-century Roman arch.
Prince Johann Georg Collection
Near-Eastern finds assembled by Prince Johann Georg, including medieval icons, Byzantine art and Egyptian relics.
Medieval Department
A Byzantine spangenhelm; a Madonna made of ivory; a relief cycle of Prince Electors; a cycle of nine paintings of Mary by the Master of the Housebook.
Renaissance Department
Works by Lorenzo di Credi, Hans Baldung Grien (presumed), [5] Peter Binoit (presumed), Philippe de Champaigne, [6] Willem Claeszoon Heda, and Jean Bardin.
Baroque Collection
17th- and 18th-century paintings, sculptures, furniture and porcelain from Germany, France, the Netherlands and Italy; a set of equipment belonging to Maximilian von Welsch.
19th- and 20th-century Paintings
Works by Philipp Veit, Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Elder, Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth, Antoni Tàpies, and one painting by Pablo Picasso (Head of a Woman). [7] The large collection of Max Slevogt paintings is mostly displayed in Villa Ludwigshöhe. [5] [8]
Graphics Collection
Works by Edgar Degas, Paul Signac, Alfred Sisley, Picasso, William Turner (Mainz from the South, watercolour), [5] Adolph von Menzel, and Paul Klee.
Judaica
Items from Mainz's Jewish history, including the gravestone of Gershom ben Judah (d. 1049); cultural and religious items from the 18th and 19th centuries; [7] gold- and silverware.
The museums also hosts teaching events. [9]
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