Leuchtenberg Gallery

In 1810, Eugène de Beauharnais bought part of the collection of Giovanni Francesco Arese, including at least one painting by Peter Paul Rubens.

After the death of Duke Maximilian in 1852, the Gallery was closed,[5] the collection divided between his children,[6] and the Palace sold to Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria.

Part of the collection was transferred to Saint Petersburg in 1854, where it was displayed in the Mariinsky Palace,[7] and from 1870 on was lent to the Imperial Academy of Arts.

[3] While the collection was still growing in the 1860s with purchases by Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, by the end of the century, some works were being sold off.

The majority of the collection remained together until the Russian Revolution in 1917, when it was dispersed and a number of paintings sold in Sweden.

Outside view of the Palais Leuchtenberg , a 1960s reconstruction of the original palace which was ruined in the Second World War. The Gallery was located at the first floor.
The Three Graces by Antonio Canova , once a highlight of the Leuchtenberg Gallery, now in the Hermitage Museum in Saint-Petersburg, Russia