Sternberg Palace

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Lonely Planet review

Tucked behind the Archbishop's Palace is the baroque Sternberg Palace, home to the National Gallery's valuable collection of 14th- to 18th-century European art, including works by Goya and Rembrandt. Fans of medieval altarpieces will be in heaven; there are also several Rubens, some Rembrandt and Breughel, and a large collection of Bohemian miniatures. Pride of the collection is the glowing Feast of the Rosary by Albrecht Dürer, an artist better known for his engravings.

Painted in Venice in 1505 as an altarpiece for the church of San Bartolomeo, it was brought to Prague by Rudolf II; in the background, beneath the tree on the right, is the figure of the artist himself. It's worth a trip to the back of the 1st floor to see van Heemskerck's The Tearful Bride, who seems to have stepped right out of a drag-queen show.