Art museum in Vienna, Austria
The
Liechtenstein Museum
is a private
art museum
in
Vienna
,
Austria
. It contains much of the art collection of its owners, the
Princely Family of Liechtenstein
, rulers of the principality of
Liechtenstein
. It includes important European works of art, forming one of the world's leading private art collections. Its highlight used to be
Leonardo da Vinci
's portrait of
Ginevra de' Benci
, which was acquired in 1967 by the
National Gallery of Art
in Washington, D.C.
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The museum, which was originally open to the public from the early 19th century until the
Anschluss
of 1938, had various locations, including the Liechtenstein Garden Palace (
Gartenpalais
) at Furstengasse 1 in Vienna's 9th District (
Alsergrund
), and the
Liechtenstein City Palace
(
Stadtpalais
) at Bankgasse 9 in Vienna's 1st District (
Innere Stadt
). The museum was reopened on 29 March 2004 in the Garden Palace, but after battling with low visitor numbers, it was closed for regular visiting by the public in November 2011. According to the official website of the Garden Palace, "the highlights of the princely collections can be viewed exclusively as part of an event package or a pre-booked guided tour".
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Objects from the collection have been sent on touring exhibitions to museums in other countries, especially the United States. In particular, displays are regularly mounted at the
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
in
Vaduz
, which is otherwise a gallery for a modern art collection donated to the principality of Liechtenstein by the ruling family. Other works from the collection fill the palaces and residences of the Princely Family in Liechtenstein and Austria.
A catalogue of the artists (with short biographies) featured in the gallery at the time of Prince
Joseph Wenzel
was compiled by Vicenzo Fanti in 1767.
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Liechtenstein Garden Palace
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The
Gartenpalais
was built by Prince
Johann Adam Andreas von Liechtenstein
, who commissioned its design and construction from
Domenico Egidio Rossi
; the shell was finished in 1700.
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Painted decor in the
Gartenpalais
was contributed by
Marcantonio Franceschini
,
Antonio Bellucci
,
Andrea Pozzo
and
Johann Michael Rottmayr
. Sculpture came from Giovanni Giuliani and his studio, and
stucco
from the stuccator Santino Bussi.
Originally there was a garden belvedere on the north side of the park, which was replaced from 1873 to 1875 by a garden palace for the prince's widow
Franziska
built by
Heinrich Ferstel
. This building later served as a residence for other family members and is now rented out, while the Prince resides in the Liechtenstein City Palace when he visits Vienna.
Artworks (selection)
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Raphael
,
Portrait of a Man
-
Giulio Romano
,
St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness
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Valentin de Boulogne
,
A Musical Company with a Fortune-Teller
("Reunion with a Gypsy")
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Rubens,
Lamentation of Christ
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Rubens, Portrait of his sons Albert and Nicolaas
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Rubens, Portrait of his daughter Clara
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Rubens,
Venus making her toilet
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Frans Hals
,
Portrait of a man
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Van Dyck
,
Portrait Marie Louise of Taxis
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Herman Posthumus
,
Landscape with ruins
-
Jan Miense Molenaer
, 1636-37,
The king drinks
(
Twelfth Night
festivities)
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Mansueti
,
The Taking of St. Marc
-
Sebastiano Ricci
,
Rape of the Sabine Women
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Salviati
, Portrait of a young man
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Friedrich von Amerling
,
Girl with a straw hat
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Golden carriage of Joseph Wenzel I. of Liechtenstein (1738)
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See also
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References
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External links
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