Gallery of Beauties

Gallery of Beauties

The Gallery of Beauties is a collection of portraits in Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany. It originally housed 36 painted portraits of beautiful women from all classes in Munich. They were painted by the court painter Joseph Karl Stieler between 1827 and 1850. Two additional ones where created by Friedrich Dürck.


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