Wallraf-Richartz-Museum: A Home for Art in Cologne

Cologne is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The place is not only gifted with breathtaking sights, but it is also richly gifted in terms of history, culture, and art. If art is your passion, then the city is a perfect destination for you.

There are various museums all over the city that feature important art collections not only from Germany, but from other countries as well. Among them is Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. The museum is considered as one of the most important art buildings in Cologne.

The most valuable collection of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum is a group of paintings that date back to the medieval and modern times. Aside from these, the art building also features a Baroque collection that includes the works of Rembrandt, Rubens, and other famous painters. Other attractions are a few collections of realist and impressionist paintings including several sculptures.

The museum has expanded in 2001 through the Corbaud painting collection that includes around impressionist and neo-impressionist works. Two of the most important art collections in the museum is "Weltgericht" or "Judgment Day" and "Mutter Gottes in der Rosenlaube" or "Virgin in the Rose Arbour" by Stefan Lochner.