Maria und Jesuskind auf Esel, geführt von Josef

Tour for kids

Duration:c. 30 min.
Stops:11
Location:Stirling Hall

The gallery cat is just about to show you the exhibition with great enthusiasm when, all of a sudden, a cheeky little mouse sneaks in – and a fast-paced chase through the paintings begins...

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  • Stylised cat's head, drawn with outline

    Hello! I'm the gallery cat...

    Zur Station
  • Three Saints in conversation, in the clouded sky above The Virgin and Child with Angels.

    Vittore Carpaccio
    St. Thomas Aquinas with SS. Marc and Louis of Toulouse

    Zur Station
  • View of the scriptorium and other rooms of a monastery inhabited by people and animals.

    Giovanni Mansueti
    St. Jerome Appearing to St. Augustine

    Zur Station
  • In the centre, the ambassadors appear before the king, on the left men observe the events in an arcade and on the right Ursula lists her conditions for marriage to the English prince.

    Vittore Carpaccio
    Reception of the English Ambassadors

    Zur Station
  • Sailing ships are anchored in a river in front of a fortified city. Soldiers have set up camp outside the walls.

    Vittore Carpaccio
    Arrival in Cologne

    Zur Station
  • Portrait of a middle-aged woman with valuable jewelry and expensive clothing.

    Gentile Bellini
    Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus

    Zur Station
  • The knight George rides up to the dragon on a brown horse and pierces the dragon's throat with his lance.

    Vittore Carpaccio
    St. George Killing the Dragon

    Zur Station
  • In a room with a beamed ceiling, Mary's mother Anna lies in a spacious alcove bed while a nurse gives the newborn Mary a bath.

    Vittore Carpaccio
    Birth of the Virgin

    Zur Station
  • Mary and the baby Jesus are sitting on a donkey. Joseph is leading the donkey with a rope through a landscape.

    Vittore Carpaccio
    The Flight into Egypt

    Zur Station
  • Mary is shown from behind, sitting on a balcony balustrade in front of a landscape with water. She is looking at an open book.

    Vittore Carpaccio
    The Virgin Reading

    Zur Station
  • Mary, the dead Jesus and John, surrounded by five other people, are depicted in shades of grey against a neutral, yellow-brown background.

    Giovanni Bellini
    Lamentation of Christ

    Zur Station