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Nymphenburg Palace

South Antechamber

This was the antechamber providing access to the apartment of Electress Henriette Adelaide. The two suites on either side of the Great Hall had a central ceiling picture from a cycle of nature goddesses in every room, emphasizing Nymphenburg’s function as a country seat. Here the ceiling picture shows the water nymph Arethusa. The initials ‘FM’ around it refer to the patron Ferdinand Maria.

In about 1766 Elector Max III Joseph had the small hall redecorated. It was panelled and hung with the portraits of his parents.

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