National Gallery in 1919 to house its drawing collection. The director, LudwigJusti, used this annexe to the existing building (now known as the Alte Nationalgalerie)
Hugo von Tschudi 1909–1933: LudwigJusti 1933–1937: Eberhard Hanfstaengl 1937–1950: Paul Ortwin Rave 1950–1957: LudwigJusti 1957–1964: Leopold Reidemeister
back wall of the portico, were largely lost. Under General Director LudwigJusti, the building was the first museum of Museum Island to undergo reconstruction
for the painter "a coronation". The director of the National Gallery, LudwigJusti (Tschudis' successor), promised him his own cabinet. Wilhelm II agreed
may be Jeschken. The painting has drawn a number of interpretations. LudwigJusti sees the old oak as a symbol of the German people, rooted in the landscape;