Klenze's Konigsbau of the same palace (r826-35) - this 3
has also been pointed out - was ciosely dependent on the
Palazzo Pitti, and King Ludwig for the decoration of the
rooms in the Pinakothek specifically recommended the
Pitti. Kienze disagreed: if the decoration of the rooms
were made too showy, the pictures would suflbr.120
Instead of Italian Baroque Klenze wanted the Italian
High Renaissance, and he won. The exterior is in a
free High Renaissance, and so were the principal rooms
inside. Where Klenze however did not follow any
precedent of the past is in the plan of the building. The
Pinakothek is twenty-five bays long from west to east
but quite narrow with, in addition