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The permanent exhibition presents a selection of masterpieces from the Old Art Collection. Visitors can see works by Hans von Aachen, Petr Brandl, Matyá? Bernard Braun, Lucas Cranach, Adriaen de Vries, Albrecht Dürer, El Greco, Francisco José Goya, Hans Holbein, Jan Gossaert called Mabuse, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jusepe de Ribera, Peter Paul Rubens, Bartholomaeus Spranger, Karel?kréta, Simon Vouet, Michael Leopold Willmann and others. It focuses mostly on works from 16th till 18th century, however in a retrospective manner.00The display concentrates on the period between the 16th and 18th centuries and the pre-Renaissance tendencies in Gothic and Antiquity art as inspirational stimuli for Renaissance and Baroque art. The exhibition is conceived as a dialogue of the national and international impulses, influences and changes in the spirit of the dialectic of forms, styles and motifs. In dramaturgical terms, the display reflects the narrative aspects of European art from the Antiquity to the Enlightenment, as well as the historical context and timelessness of the masterpieces in an innovative installation.00The original entrance to the Schwarzenberg Palace from Hrad?anské Square via the courtyard is restored. Three rooms on the ground floor are reserved for occasional exhibitions of artefacts from the National Gallery?s collections and two will serve for the Graphic Cabinets.00Exhibition: National Gallery Prague - Schwarzenberg Palace, Prague, Czech Republic (permnent exhibiton).