Grupello-Haus
Grupello-Haus stands in Düsseldorf as a three-storey building dating from 1706. Matteo Alberti designed it for Duke Johann Wilhelm.
In 1708, the duke gave the house to Flemish court sculptor Gabriël Grupello, who adapted it as a family residence and studio. Replicas above the portal mark the former positions of bronze busts depicting Artemis and Aphrodite. The originals are held at Stadtmuseum Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf.
Karl Theodor later acquired the building and leased it to painter Lambert Krahe, a future Academy director. From 1769, Duke von Efferen used it as a governor’s residence. That role gave the building the names Gouvernementshaus and Government House. After housing the police department, the house became Düsseldorf city property through a Prussian donation in 1818. War damage left the building rebuilt in simplified form, with no original interior remaining. A new meeting room opened there in 1969. The building serves as a meeting venue for Düsseldorf’s city council.
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