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Staatsgalerie Aschaffenburg


The Staatsgalerie Aschaffenburg ("State Gallery Aschaffenburg") is an art museum in Schloss Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg, Germany. With some 368 paintings, it is the largest of the galleries outside Munich making up the Bavarian State Painting Collections.

The origin and main part of the museum is the collection of Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal, Elector of Mainz, who lived in Johannisburg from 1792 until his death in 1802. The focus lies on German and Netherlandic paintings, mainly genre paintings.

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Crossing the Red Sea

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Crucification Altar

Anonymous, school of Lucas Cranach the Elder, Mourning the dead Christ

Anonymous, workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Mass of Saint Gregory

Peter Paul Rubens, Wild boar hunt

David Teniers the Younger, Costumised monkeys

François-André Vincent, Greek priest

Coordinates: 49°58′34″N 9°08′30″E / 49.9761°N 9.1417°E / 49.9761; 9.1417


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