KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM
INTRODUCTION
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The museum was opened in 1891, after lengthy construction work, due especially to the lavish decoration. The interior is replete with fine marble and decorative frescoes, in which the painter Gustav...
CELLINI SALT CELLAR
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Many visitors to the Kunsthistorisches Museum head straight up to the second floor and into the Picture Gallery, without exploring the rooms on the ground floor. It’s a shame to miss them,...
HUNTERS IN THE SNOW BY BRUEGEL
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The busiest room in the picture gallery is always the one that holds an incomparable series of paintings by the great Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder, truly extraordinary for their rich...
THE TOWER OF BABEL BY BRUEGEL
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The "Tower of Babel" is a masterpiece of Flemish Renaissance painting, illustrating the famous biblical story according to which, after the Great Flood, humans repopulated the Earth, and all...
ALLEGORY OF PAINTING BY VERMEER
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The "Allegory of Painting”, or "The Art of Painting”, dating to around 1666-1668, is one of the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's most enigmatic and complex works. It is an...
THE THREE PHILOSOPHERS BY GIORGIONE
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A comparison between the major names in European art during the Renaissance and Baroque periods can be made mainly in the larger rooms, which house the larger canvases, and where visitors can also...
PORTRAIT OF THE INFANTA MARGARITA BY VELAZQUEZ
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The painting "Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress" is one of the most representative and enchanting works by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Painted in 1659, it depicts the...
