Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna numbers among the most important European museum buildings put up during the 19th century.
The monumental structure, built at the behest of Emperor Franz Joseph I as part of his expansion of the city in 1858, was intended to both unite and appropriately represent the artistic treasures that had been collected by the Habsburgs over the centuries.
Construction work lasted 20 years, from when ground was first broken in 1871 to the museum building’s completion in the year 1891.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History", also often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") in Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, crowned with an octagonal dome, is one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world. The term Kunsthistorisches Museum applies to both the institution and the main building. It was visited by 619.318 people in 2007.
The museum's primary collections are those of the Habsburgs, particularly from the portrait and armour collections of Ferdinand of Tirol, the collections of Emperor Rudolf II (the largest part of which is, however, scattered), and the collection of paintings of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm.
Among the most important works in the picture gallery are
* Jan van Eyck: "Cardinal Niccolò Albergati" ("Kardinal Niccoló Albergati"), 1438
* Albrecht Dürer: "Adoration of the Trinity" (Anbetung der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit), 1511
* Giuseppe Arcimboldo: "Summer" (Sommer), 1563
* Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio:
o "Madonna of the Rosary" (Die Rosenkranzmadonna) 1606/07
o "The Crowning with Thorns"
o "David with the Head of Goliath"
* Peter Paul Rubens:
o "Ildefonso Altar" (Der Altar des hl. Ildefonso), 1630-32
o "The Fur" (Das Pelzchen), 1638
* Raphael: "Madonna of the Meadow" (Madonna im Grünen), 1506
* Johannes Vermeer: "The Artist in his Studio" (Die Malkunst), 1665/66
* Diego Velázquez: Several portraits of the spanish royal family, a branch of the Habsburg, sent to Vienna.
* Pieter Brueghel the Elder:
The collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum are the:
* Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection
* Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities
* Collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts
* Coin Cabinet
* Library
Hofburg
* Ephesus-Museum
* Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
* Collection of Arms and Armour
* Archive
* Secular and Ecclesiastical Treasury (in the Schweizerhof).
Kunsthistorisches Museum
A-1010 Vienna,
Maria Theresien-Platz
Opening times
Tuesday - Sunday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
(Coin cabinet closes at 6 p.m.)
Admission till half an hour before closing time.
Info Hotline
+43 1 525 24- 4025
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna numbers among the most important European museum buildings put up during the 19th century.The monumental structure, built at the behest of Emperor Franz Joseph I as part of his expansion of the city in 1858, was intended to both unite and appropriately represent the artistic treasures that had been collected by the Habsburgs over the centuries.
Construction work lasted 20 years, from when ground was first broken in 1871 to the museum building’s completion in the year 1891.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History", also often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") in Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, crowned with an octagonal dome, is one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world. The term Kunsthistorisches Museum applies to both the institution and the main building. It was visited by 619.318 people in 2007.
The museum's primary collections are those of the Habsburgs, particularly from the portrait and armour collections of Ferdinand of Tirol, the collections of Emperor Rudolf II (the largest part of which is, however, scattered), and the collection of paintings of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm.
Among the most important works in the picture gallery are
* Jan van Eyck: "Cardinal Niccolò Albergati" ("Kardinal Niccoló Albergati"), 1438
* Albrecht Dürer: "Adoration of the Trinity" (Anbetung der heiligen Dreifaltigkeit), 1511
* Giuseppe Arcimboldo: "Summer" (Sommer), 1563
* Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio:
o "Madonna of the Rosary" (Die Rosenkranzmadonna) 1606/07
o "The Crowning with Thorns"
o "David with the Head of Goliath"
* Peter Paul Rubens:
o "Ildefonso Altar" (Der Altar des hl. Ildefonso), 1630-32
o "The Fur" (Das Pelzchen), 1638
* Raphael: "Madonna of the Meadow" (Madonna im Grünen), 1506
* Johannes Vermeer: "The Artist in his Studio" (Die Malkunst), 1665/66
* Diego Velázquez: Several portraits of the spanish royal family, a branch of the Habsburg, sent to Vienna.
* Pieter Brueghel the Elder:
The collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum are the:
* Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection
* Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities
* Collection of Sculpture and Decorative Arts
* Coin Cabinet
* Library
Hofburg
* Ephesus-Museum
* Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
* Collection of Arms and Armour
* Archive
* Secular and Ecclesiastical Treasury (in the Schweizerhof).
Kunsthistorisches Museum
A-1010 Vienna,
Maria Theresien-Platz
Opening times
Tuesday - Sunday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Thursday
10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
(Coin cabinet closes at 6 p.m.)
Admission till half an hour before closing time.
Info Hotline
+43 1 525 24- 4025
