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4 days ago · Jacopo Strada, by Titian (1567-1568). Photo: Tas Tóbiás. Jacopo Strada, by Titian (1567-1568) Few museums can boast 22 (!) paintings by Titian (1488-1576), one of the greatest of all. Many of these works aren't his best, but I'd like to draw your attention to the portrait of Jacopo Strada shown above.
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- Pieter Bruegel The Elder
- Myriads of Masterpieces
- Klimt, Too?
The paintings hang in tall galleries, but more or less at eye level. Which makes them easy to view, and the protective rails feature accessible, individual descriptions in both German and English. A hushed reverence pervades the rooms, ruined only slightly by the squeak of shoes on wooden floors and the waving of smartphones. Take a seat on the lov...
Many of Europe’s greatest artists from the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries lurk within these hallowed museum walls. But experts would probably say the works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder count as the most important. The Kunsthistorisches Museum owns the world’s largest Bruegel collection, featuring such wonders as the iconic Tower of Babel(ca. 1...
The rest of the collections on display include numerous other world-class masterpieces. Highlights for me: 1. Arcimboldo’s famous paintings of Winter, Summer, Water and Fire as faces Arcimboldo created all the anatomical features through the clever placement of themed objects. A pod of peas for the teeth in Summer’s face, an oil lamp for Fire’s low...
Although the collection more or less ends with the 18th century, you’ll also find works by Klimt from around 1890. But not where you might think to find them. Gustav Klimt, Ernst Klimt and Franz Matsch painted the areas between and around the arches and columns on the north wall of the main staircase. If you’re lucky, a Swarovski spotting scope opp...
History of the collection. The Picture Gallery had its origins in the 16th and 17th centuries and by the end of the 18th century already existed for the most part in its present form. Great collectors of the House of Habsburg, such as Archduke Ferdinand II (1529–1595), Emperor Rudolf II (1552–1612) and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614–1662 ...
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FOLLOW. 3. The Hudson River School comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 2000 the record price for this artist at auction is 64,900 USD for Landscape with Distant Mountain, sold at Brunk Auctions in 2013. OVERVIEW.
- Munkacsy, Apotheosis of the Renaissance. This fresco is on the ceiling of the main staircase. It’s a fabulous trompe l’oeil work by the Hungarian painter Mihaly Munkacsy.
- Klimt Paintings. Although most of Klimt’s most renowned art in Vienna is at the Belvedere Palace and Leopold Museum, you can find Klimt works on the sumptuous staircase between the arches and columns.
- Johannes Vermeer, The Artist’s Studio. Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch Baroque painter known for his masterful use of light and color in his genre scenes.
- Caravaggio, Madonna of the Rosary. Caravaggio was the greatest painter of the Italian Baroque. He invented and used a darker, dramatically lit palette.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum ( lit. "Museum of Art History ", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road, it is crowned with an octagonal dome. The term Kunsthistorisches Museum applies to both the institution and the main building.
DIGITAL RENAISSANCE:New NFT-Art meets Old Masters. The project Digital Renaissance marks the beginning of the Web3 Journey of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna: hand-picked digital artists create NFT artworks inspired by Old Masters, ancient sculpture or the museum's architecture. The drops are launched in collaboration with the European NFT ...
