The project of a public collection of old European masters had been initiated by the archaeologist Aloys Hirt (1759-1837) already in 1797 and had gained support from the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and the Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III.
Al Hirt | Aloys Hirt | The Best of Al Hirt | Aloys Ndimbati | Aloys and Alfons Kontarsky | '''Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky''' performing Karlheinz Stockhausen |