Founded more than 200 years ago as a civic foundation, the Staedel still
provides an overview of 700 years of European art history. Highlights of
the collection include works by artists such as Lucas Cranach, Albrecht
Duerer, Sandro Botticelli, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Vermeer, Claude
Monet, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. With more than 450 illustrations, this
volume shows major works of painting from the Staedel's impressive
collection.