Considering the Collection
In parallel to the exhibition Wild Apollo’s Arrows. Klopstock Cult & Ossian Fever in three rooms at the Paintings Gallery and three at the Exhibit Gallery, we continue to present our collection in the Paintings Gallery with alternating thematic focuses under the motto Considering the Collection.
The Paintings Gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna took shape in 1822 as a collection of old masters thanks to the generous bequest of Anton Franz de Paula Count Lamberg-Sprinzenstein. This comprised around 700 German, Dutch, Flemish, and Italian works. In the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the collection was considerably expanded by public and private donations, and today it consists of around 1200 works. Thanks to Count Lamberg‘s last will, the collection has remained at the Academy and open to the public to this day.
The Paintings Gallery at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna took shape in 1822 as a collection of old masters thanks to the generous bequest of Anton Franz de Paula Count Lamberg-Sprinzenstein. This comprised around 700 German, Dutch, Flemish, and Italian works. In the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the collection was considerably expanded by public and private donations, and today it consists of around 1200 works. Thanks to Count Lamberg‘s last will, the collection has remained at the Academy and open to the public to this day.