Germany Guide
Hesse
Liebieghaus
Address: Schaumainkai 71
Opening time: Tues & Fri– Sun 10am–5pm, Wed & Thurs 10am–9pm
Price: €8
Housed in a grandiose nineteenth-century villa, the sculpture collection of the Liebieghaus encompasses the art of classical antiquity along with splendid examples of the medieval German "beautiful" style and works of the Renaissance, Mannerist and Baroque periods. Among the highlights are Hans Multscher's alabaster Holy Trinity of 1430 from Ulm and Matthias Steinl's gorgeously theatrical Maria Immaculata from Vienna, created in 1688. The museum regularly stages excellent themed exhibitions, while the villa's upper floors give an insight into the heavy historicist decor favoured by the city's nineteenth-century elite.