The core of this superb collection, devoted to the art of southwest Germany, the Lake Constance region and northern Switzerland from the late Middle Ages to the early modern era, is formed by the former Fürstlich Fürstenberg Collection of Paintings, Donaueschingen, acquired by the Würth family in 2003. The artistic and cultural significance of this collection alone is so great because the majority of its panels stem from a period from which, due to the especially radical iconoclasm that raged in Swabia, very few visual documents have survived.
The most important recent addition was without a doubt "The Madonna of the Mayor Jacob Meyer zum Hasen" by Hans Holbein the Younger. Holbein's painting ranks among the most famous and most beautiful paintings of the 16th century.
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Family of Wild People, about 1530, 27,3 x 18,2 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 6545
Zurich Master of the Pansies, St Antony Retable, about 1500–1515, 97 x 97 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 6508
Andreas Haider, Man with Beret, about 1516/17, 43 x 34 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 6558
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Saint Barbara, about 1530, 73 x 56,5 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 9325
Studio of Peter Murer, Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, 95 x 84,5 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 6474
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Jesus blesses the Children, 1546, 71 x 122 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 10816
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Family of Wild People, about 1530, 27,3 x 18,2 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 6545
Zurich Master of the Pansies, St Antony Retable, about 1500–1515, 97 x 97 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 6508
Andreas Haider, Man with Beret, about 1516/17, 43 x 34 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 6558
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Saint Barbara, about 1530, 73 x 56,5 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 9325
Studio of Peter Murer, Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, 95 x 84,5 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 6474
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Jesus blesses the Children, 1546, 71 x 122 cm, Würth Collection, Inv. 10816