Liechtenstein Museum
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| Established | March 29, 2004 |
| Location | Vienna, Austria |
| Website | http://www.liechtensteinmuseum.at/en |
The Liechtenstein Museum is in Vienna, Austria contains the art collections of its owners, the princely house of Liechtenstein. They include important European works of art, forming one of the world's leading private art collections. Its highlight used to be Leonardo's portrait of Ginevra de' Benci.
The museum, which was open to the public until the Anschluss of 1938, had various locations, including the Liechtenstein Garden Palace in the IX District Alsergrund, Vienna, and the Liechtenstein City Palace in Bankgasse, Vienna. It was reopened on 29 March 2004 and, after battling with lack of tourist interest, was shut down in November 2011.
According to the official website, "the highlights of the princely collections can be viewed exclusively as part of an event package or a pre-booked guided tour".1
Liechtenstein Garden Palace
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 1700.2 Painted decor in the Palais was contributed by Marcantonio Franceschini, Antonio Belucci, Andrea Pozzo and Johann Michael Rottmayr. Sculpture came from Giovanni Giuliani and his studio, and stucco from the stuccator Santino Bussi.
Notes
- ^ http://www.palaisliechtenstein.com/en/guided-tours.html
- ^ The history of the construction is in Günter Passavant, Studien über Domenico Egidio Rossi und seine bauküstlerische Tätigheit innerhalb des süddeutschen und österreichischen Barok(Karlsruhe: Braun) 1967:109-23.
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Coordinates: 48°13′21″N 16°21′34″E / 48.2225°N 16.35944°E
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