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.

200多年前，施泰德博物馆作为一个市民基金会成立，至今仍然提供对700年的欧洲艺术史的概览。藏品中的亮点包括Lucas Cranach，Albrecht Duerer，Sandro Botticelli，Rembrandt van Rijn，Jan Vermeer，Claude Monet和Ernst Ludwig Kirchner等艺术家的作品。本书通过450多幅插图展示了施泰德博物馆令人印象深刻的藏品中的主要绘画作品。