Städel Museum, Frankfurt

since its foundation, the städel museum has expanded its holdings continually by pursuing an active acquisition policy. altogether the collection presently comprises some 2,700 paintings, 600 sculptures and more than 100,000 drawings and prints. with its rich holdings, the städel museum presents an overview of seven hundred years of european art history – beginning with the early fourteenth century and covering the renaissance, the baroque, early modern and contemporary art. among the highlights of this comprehensive collection are works by holbein the younger, cranach the elder, dürer, botticelli, rembrandt and vermeer, degas, matisse, monet, renoir, picasso, kirchner, beckmann and klee, bacon, klein, serra, richter and kippenberger. the extension of the städel museum museums must develop continually, and their collections must keep pace with the times. when he bequeathed his collection and his fortune to the citizens of this town in 1815, johann friedrich städel specified in his will