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Nymphenburg Palace

South Antechamber

 

This was the antechamber providing access to the apartment of Electress Henriette Adelaide. The ceiling decoration with its canvas pictures dates back to her era. The two suites on either side of the Great Hall had a ceiling picture from a cycle of nature goddesses in every room, emphasizing Nymphenburg’s function as a country seat. Here the ceiling picture by Antonio Triva 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: Elector Karl Albrecht is shown as Emperor Karl VII with the insignia – the imperial crown, orb and sceptre. In the carved cartouche below is the Bavarian coat of arms with the double eagle of the Holy Roman Empire. The matching painting portrays his wife Maria Amalia, a Habsburg princess.