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Alte Pinakothek’s Celebrates Their 175th Anniversary with the Exhibition "Concealed/Revealed"

MUNICH.- “Concealed/Revealed” is the fourth exhibition in the series celebrating the Alte Pinakothek’s 175th anniversary. The enigmatic title stands for a subject of enormous multiplicity. The exhibition is on view until September 18th, 2011. Infrared reflectographs of underdrawings that – apart from a few exceptions – have never been seen before by a general audience, is on display. The Alte Pinakothek’s anniversary year is the perfect occasion to exhibit the best examples produced by digital infrared reflectography in the field of German Renaissance painting to a broad public. Following two exhibitions with an emphasis on the history of the collections, “Vermeer in Munich” and “Cranach in Bavaria” – and the exhibition “Treasures from the Depot” which can be seen throughout the whole anniversary year, focussing on the subject of museum’ taske to preserve