Liechtenstein Museum

The until 2011 known as the Liechtenstein Museum art collection in Vienna's 9th district, Alsergrund is no longer performed since 2012 as a museum, so simply called the venue Palais Liechtenstein and the Liechtenstein Garden Palace. The palace is home to a portion of the private art collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, one of the largest private collections in the world.

Development since 2004

In the palace the private collection of the House of Liechtenstein was already 1805 to 1938 to visit, which was brought after the "Anschluss " of Austria to Nazi German Empire after Liechtenstein. From March 29 2004 to early 2012, the collection was presented as accessible at fixed opening times art museum. On 15 November 2011 it was announced that the regular museum operations because of its initial expectations greatly retarded visit numbers ( up to 300,000 visits per year expected actually about 45,000 ) is terminated as of January 2012. Since then, the museum operation is set. The focus has now been placed on events and booked tours of the Princely Collections. These can be booked as for individuals on the website of the Palais for groups as well. The name of Liechtenstein Museum is no longer used.

The city Palais Liechtenstein in the 1st district, which was extended for the second leg of the museum since 2009 and was originally supposed to open in fall 2011, will from 2013 also accommodate works of art from the Princely Collections, but, as was announced in November 2011 as the summer palace no longer be regarded as a museum and do not provide regular museum operating.

Collection

The collection includes paintings and sculptures from four centuries, focusing - the ambience of the building accordingly - is on the Baroque period, especially on the work of Peter Paul Rubens. The time frame is but from the Renaissance to Biedermeier. On the ground floor and the floats of Prince Johann Adam Andreas is issued, with whom he traveled on a diplomatic mission to Paris.

The collection is one of the largest and most valuable private art collections in the world, whose main base in Vaduz ( Liechtenstein ) is. As the palace, so too is the collection owned by the Prince of Liechtenstein Foundation.

The Liechtenstein Collections are published under the name "The Princely Collection". Its director is John Kräftner. The collections are part of the network " Private Art Collections ".

Selection

Rubens Mars and Rhea Silvia

Rubens, Discovery of small Erichthonius by the daughters of Cecrops

Rubens, The Lamentation of Christ

Rubens, Portrait of the sons of Albert and Nicolaas

Rubens, Portrait of his daughter Clara

Rubens, Toilet of Venus

Frans Hals, Portrait of a Man

Van Dyck, Portrait of Marie Louise of taxis

Gerard Dou, violinist

Herman Posthumus, ruined landscape

Molenaer, The King drinks

Giovanni Battista Moroni, Prospero Alessandri

Mansueti, capture of St.. Markus

Sebastiano Ricci, The Rape of the Sabine Women

Salviati, Portrait of a young man

Friedrich von Amerling, girl with straw hat

Golden car of Prince Joseph Wenzel I von Liechtenstein ( 1738)

Building

The Garden Palace was announced at the end of the 17th century by Prince Johann Adam Andreas of Liechtenstein in order. Architect and builder was Domenico Egidio Rossi, in 1700 the shell was complete. The scenic design originates among others by Marcantonio Franceschini, Antonio Belucci, Andrea Pozzo and Johann Michael Rottmayr. The plastic equipment procured Giovanni Giuliani, the stucco Santino Bussi.

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