Kunsthistorisches Museum

The Kunsthistorisches Museum (English: "Museum of Art History"), Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on Ringstraße, crowned with an octagonal dome, is one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world.

Kunsthistorisches Museum
	Native name	Kunsthistorisches Museum
	Location	Vienna, Austria
	Coordinates	48° 12′ 14″ N, 16° 21′ 42″ E
	Established	17 October 1891
	Website	www.khm.at/en
	Authority file	: Q95569 VIAF: 126584224 ISNI: 0000000121159908 LCCN: n50056014 MusicBrainz: 0cdcd4c5-5d49-4621-a809-87adfaf8eabb OSM: 20165 WorldCat

institution QS:P195,Q95569

Exterior

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  Panorama von Burgtheather (left) Kunsthistorisches Museum; (right) Naturhistorisches Museum
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  seen from the outset of Mariahilfer Straße
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  Maria-Theresien-Platz
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  Pallas Athene by Johannes Benk
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  Allegory of painting, Edmund Hellmer, left to the Entrance
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  Faust and Helena
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  Armor and Psyche
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  Inner courtyard

Interior

Grand cuppola in the entrance hall

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  entrance hall
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  Grand cuppola at entrance
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  Grand cuppola at entrance
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  View of the Habsburg coat of arms in the grand cuppola
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  View of the Habsburg coat of arms in the grand cuppola
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  View of the monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
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  View of the monogram of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
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  Medaillon with image of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
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  Medaillon with image of an Emperor ? of Austria

Grand staircase

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  Grand staircase with Theseus slaying the Centaur (by Antonio Canova)
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  grand staircase
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  Theseus slaying the Centaur
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  Lion with Habsburg coat of arms and imperial crown, grand staircase
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  Ceiling of the grand staircase
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  Ceiling of the grand staircase, fresco by Mihály von Munkácsy, 1888
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  View from the grand staircase to hallway
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  Staircase to hallway
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  Gallery of the grand staircase
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  Grand staircase

Hallways & Rooms

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  Hallway above the grand staircase
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  Hallway
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  Bust of Gottfried Semper, architect of the Kunsthistorisches Museum
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  Bust of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, creator of the museum
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  Bust of Emperor Franz I of Austria, creator of the museum
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  Decorative elements with sign of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria at grand staircase
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  View on the numismatic collection
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  View on room VI
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  View on a room with Flemish paintings
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  Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection
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  ceiling in the Egyptian collection

Illustrations

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  1894
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  1896
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  1896

Other

Main gallery: Paintings in the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

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  Albrecht Altdorfer, Resurrection of Christ, 1518
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  Christoph Amberger, Portrait of a Man., 1525
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  Christoph Amberger, Portrait of a Woman., 1525
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  Christoph Amberger, Portrait of Stephan Eiselin (d. 1549), 1539
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  Christoph Amberger, Portrait of Sibilla Eiselin aged 29, 1539
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  Christoph Amberger, Bildnis der Eheleute Ulrich und Ursula Ehinger, geb. Meuting, 1540
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  Lucas Cranach the Elder, Crucifixion, 1500-1501
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  Lucas Cranach the Elder,

  Penitent Saint Jerome

  
  1502
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  Lucas Cranach the Younger, Male Portrait, 1564
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  Female Portrait
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  Albrecht Dürer,

  Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

  
  1507
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  Juan de Flandes ?, ca. 1500, Philip I of Castile
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  Francesco Maria I della Rovere, 1502
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  Adam and Eve after the Expulsion from Paradise

  
  circa 1580-1588.
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  Old woman,before 1721

  date QS:P,+1721-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1721-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

  
  oil on canvas

  medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

  
  Kunsthistorisches Museum
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  Portrait of an elderly man, 1726, Kunsthistorisches Museum
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  Bernardo Bellotto, 1758-1761, oil on canvas

  medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259

  , 136 × 214 cm (53.5 × 84.2 in),
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  Paris Bordone