The building borders the Zwinger from the northeast towards the Elbe River. The gallery was built between 1847 and 1854 by architect Gottfried Semper. The Semper Gallery is a three-story building 127.35 meters long and 23.77 meters high, built in the Italian Renaissance style.
Its exterior façade features 120 sandstone sculptures, including 12 statues, 16 bas-reliefs, 20 medallions, and 72 figures hanging over windows and arches. More than 160 figures from different eras can be seen there, from Zeus to Moses and Michelangelo to Goethe.
At the time of its construction, the Semper Gallery was considered “the most magnificent and ornate museum building of recent times.”
