"Kunstmuseum Basel is inviting visitors to experience its unparalleled holdings spanning seven centuries of artistic production. Founded in 1661 as the world's oldest public art collection, the today houses over 4,000 paintings, sculptures, videos, and installations, alongside some 300,000 drawings and prints in the Kupferstichkabinett. Highlights include masterpieces by Hans Holbein the Younger, Konrad Witz, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Warhol, Pamela Rosenkranz, and many more."
"The earliest works in the collection date from around 1400, with standout pieces by Konrad Witz, who was active in Basel between 1434 and ca. 1445. The holds the single largest ensemble of his paintings in existence, including panels of the Heilsspiegel Altarpiece. Equally striking is the Kunstmuseum's unrivaled collection of works from Hans Holbein the Younger's Basel period, among them The Dead Christ in the Tomb (1521-22), the artist's family portrait, the Passion Altarpiece, and his organ shutter designs for Basel Minster."
Kunstmuseum Basel preserves a continuous collection from around 1400 to the present, with the foundation dating to 1661. The holdings include over 4,000 paintings, sculptures, videos, and installations, plus about 300,000 drawings and prints in the Kupferstichkabinett. The collection contains the largest ensemble of Konrad Witz paintings and an unrivaled grouping from Hans Holbein the Younger's Basel period, including The Dead Christ in the Tomb. Galleries cover the Old Masters, the long nineteenth century, Classical Modernism, post-1950 art, and contemporary practice across three connected museum buildings.
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