Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum, which may also be referred to as KHM, is one of the largest museums in Vienna and situated on the well-known Ringstrasse. The name itself can be translated into " museum of art history" and indicates the scope of the art collection that is housed within this building. In 1858, the Emperor Franz Joseph I gave the order to start erecting the structure of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Based on drafts by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer, the monumental building came to life in between 1872 and 1891. The Naturhistorischen Museum, which is located at the opposite of the Kunsthistorisches Museum looks exactly the same and mimics the structure mirror-wise.
The art-historical museum (often shortened as KHM) in Vienna was opened 1891 together with the opposite, outwardly nearly completely equal looking nature-historical museum. Emperor Franz Joseph I. in the course of the urban extension had given the order for the building of the museum in the year 1858. The two museum buildings in the style of the Italian Renaissance, which were because of the struggle race, were built after drafts Gottfried Sempers and Karl baron von Hasenauers in the years 1872 to 1891. _ develop be the museum from the collection the Habsburger, above all from the Portrait and Harnischsammlung Ferdinands of Tirol, the collection emperor Rudolfs II. (their large part however scatter be) and the collection of duke Leopold William. Table of contents [ hide ] * 1 the collections o 1,1 art-historical museum (main house) o 1,2 new castle o 1,3 yard castle o 1,4 lock Schoenbrunn o 1,5 lock Ambras * 2 important exhibits * 3 "Arisierte" of works of art * 4 trivia * 5 single checks * 6 literature * 7 see also * 8 Web on the left of The collections [ work on ] To the art-historical museum also the collections in the new castle, the Austrian theatre museum belong in the palaces Lobkowitz, the museum for people customer and the car castle in an auxiliary building of lock Schoenbrunn. A branch office is also lock Ambras in Innsbruck. Art-historical museum (main house) [ work on ] * Picture gallery * Egyptian - eastern collection * Antique collection * Art chamber * Muenzkabinett New castle [ work on ] * Ephesos museum * Collection of old music instruments * Yard hunt and preparation chamber Yard castle [ work on ] * Vault o Reichskleinodien of the holy Roman realm o house crown of the Habsburger and/or Austrian emperor crown (1602) o treasure of the medal of the golden fleece o agate bowl * Lipizzaner museum (stable castle) Lock Schoenbrunn [ work on ] * Car castle and Monturdepot Lock Ambras [ work on ] * Collections lock Ambras Important exhibits [ work on ] Among the most important exhibits of the picture gallery the among other things following rank: * January van Eyck: Cardinal Niccoló Albergati, 1438 * Martin Schongauer: Holy family, 1475-1480 * Albrecht Duerer: Anbetung of the holy Dreifaltigkeit, 1511 * Giuseppe Arcimboldo: Summer, 1563 * Michelangelo Merisi there Caravaggio: The rose wreath/ring Madonna 1606/07 * Peter Paul Rubens: o the altar hl. of the Ildefonso, 1630-32 o the Pelzchen, around 1638 * January sea: The mark art, 1665/66 * Pieter Bruegel the older one: o fight between carnival and chamfered, 1559 o of children's games, 1560 o building of towers to Babel, 1563 o crossing rising up Christi, 1564 o dark day (early spring), 1565 o home coming of the herd (autumn), 1565 o hunter in the snow (winters), 1565 o farmer and bird thief, 1568 o farmer wedding, 1568/69 o farmer dance, 1568/69 Art chamber: * Saliera of Benvenuto Cellini 1539-1543 Egyptian-eastern collection: * Mastaba of the Ka-Ni-Nisut Antique collection: * Gemma Augustea "Arisierte" of works of art [ work on ] With the "connection" of Austria to German Reich all Jewish art collections were obligatorily arisiert like those the Rothschilds. Collections were distributed either "given" or simply of the Gestapo to the museums. Thus a considerable increase in existence resulted. The KHM was however not the only museum, which profited from the Arisierung, robbed Jewish possession became systematic at museums, collections or pledge houses in the entire realm verkauft.[1 ] After end of the war the museum did heavily to backrefund the arisierten works of art to the owners and/or their inheriting. They forced the Rothschild family to leave the most important part of their own collection to the museum. As reason the export law was called, it owners does not permit to lead certain art articles abroad. Similar methods were used with other former owners. Only due to of international diplomatic and medialen pressure, to a large part from the United States, the Austrian Federal Government decided to make, a law change (art restitution law of 1998, the Lex in such a way specified Rothschild). The art articles were only returned the family Rothschild into the 1990er years.
