Skip to main content

Dürer, Michelangelo, Rubens: The 100 Masterworks of the Albertina



Albertina, Vienna, 14 March — 29 June 2014

The exhibit Dürer, Michelangelo, Rubens: The 100 Masterworks of the Albertina for the first time shows around 100 top-class masterpieces from the collection of the Albertina in the context of the chequered and exciting life story of its founders, Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen and Archduchess Marie Christine. The large-scale presentation unites the highlights of the collection, from Michelangelo through Rembrandt and Rubens to Caspar David Friedrich. The centrepiece of the Albertina, Dürer’s famous Young Hare, is now once again accessible to an interested public in the context of this exhibit after a decade-long period of grace.

The time span documented by the large-scale exhibit extends from 1738 to 1822: from the age of the courtly Baroque under Maria Theresia and the Enlightenment under Joseph II, through the premodern period and the years of the revolutions in America and Europe to the Biedermeier period of the Vormärz (the years leading up to the revolutions of 1848 in Germany) following the Vienna Congress.  The stations in life of the founders of the collection, Prince Albert of Saxony, Duke of Teschen and Archduchess Marie Christine, including Dresden, Rome, Paris, Brussels and Vienna, present the leading centres of art and politics, and in the process provide insight into the multi-layered networks of collectors and art dealers, the feudal life of the European aristocracy, as well as the political and intellectual reorientation under the auspices of the Enlightenment.

Loans from throughout the world supplement the holdings of the Albertina in this presentation and convey a poignant picture of the circumstances and the passion for collecting of the namesake of the Albertina. A splendid service, as well as paintings and busts of the Duke and his wife, but also other important documents of the time, such as the hat of Napoleon, worn by him at the Battle of Eylau, originate from, among other sources, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, the Vatican and various private collections.



Albrecht Dürer
Hare, 1502
Watercolour, bodycolours, heightened with opaque white
© Albertina, Vienna



Friedrich Heinrich Füger
Albert and Maria Christina Presenting Pictures of Their Relatives in Italy to Their Family, 1776
Distemper on parchment
Belvedere, Vienna



Alexandre Roslin
Archduchess Maria Christina, 1778
Oil on canvas
Albertina, Vienna (Dauerleihgabe der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank)



Anonymous
Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen with the Map of the Battle of Maxen, 1777
Oil on canvas
Albertina, Vienna (Dauerleihgabe des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien, Gemäldegalerie)



Michelangelo Buonarroti
Male Nude Seen From the Back With a Flag Staff, ca. 1504
Black chalk, heightened in white
© Albertina, Vienna



Michelangelo Buonarroti
Study of a Seated Young Man and Two Studies of the Right Arm, (Recto), around 1511
Red chalk, heightened with white
© Albertina, Vienna



Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Big fish eat little fish, 1556
Pen and brush in grey and black, transfer lines
Albertina, Vienna



Peter Paul Rubens
Nicholas Rubens with Coral Necklace, ca. 1619
Black and red chalks, heightened in white
© Albertina, Vienna



Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Painter and the Patron, around 1565
Pen with brown ink
Albertina, Vienna



Albrecht Dürer
Praying Hands, 1508
Brush, gray and white ink, gray wash, on blue prepared paper
Albertina, Vienna



Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
An Elephant, 1637
Black chalk
Albertina, Vienna



Leonardo da Vinci
Half-Length Figure of an Apostle, 1493-1495
Silverpoint, pen and brown ink on blue prepared paper
Albertina, Vienna



Peter Paul Rubens
Ruben’s daughter Clara Serena, 1623
Black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk
Albertina, Vienna


Jakob von Alt
Duke Albert’s Palace on the Augustine Bastion, 1816
Pen, watercolor
© Albertina, Vienna

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

(Sức khỏe mỗi ngày) Một số loại nước uống dân gian giúp `đánh bay ` sỏi đường tiết niệu

Tại sao bị sỏi đường tiết niệu? Quá trình hình thành sỏi đường tiết niệu rất phức tạp, do nhiều yếu tố gây ra. Hòn sỏi có một cấu trúc đặc thù gồm 2 yếu tố: - Chất mucoprotein có tác dụng như chất keo kết dính các tinh thể với nhau để tạo sỏi. - Các tinh thể của các chất bình thường được hòa tan trong nước tiểu, chủ yếu là calci và oxalate, ngoài ra còn có phosphate, magne, urat, cystine. Khi nước tiểu bị cô đặc quá mức hoặc khi pH nước tiểu thay đổi thì các chất hòa tan trong nước tiểu sẽ kết tinh lại thành các tinh thể, và các tinh thể sẽ bị loại trừ theo dòng nước tiểu, cần phải có chất mucoprotein thì các tinh thể mới liên kết được với nhau để tạo ra hòn sỏi. Nhiễm trùng tiết niệu dễ gây kết tụ sỏi. Những bất thường ở đường tiết niệu làm chậm hoặc bế tắc dòng nước tiểu dễ gây kết tụ sỏi.
Post a Comment
Read more

Degas/Cassatt at the National Gallery of Art

Mary Cassatt , Little Girl in a Blue Armchair , 1878 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Edgar Degas's (1834–1917) influence on fellow impressionist Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) is widely known, but her role in shaping his work and introducing him to American audiences is fully examined for the first time in Degas/Cassatt . On view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington—the sole venue worldwide—from May 11 through October 5, 2014, the exhibition includes some 70 works in a variety of media. Groundbreaking technical analysis is presented by conservators and scientists who examined key works by both artists. "Despite differences of gender and nationality, Degas and Cassatt forged a deep friendship founded on respect and admiration, and we are delighted to share the results of this relationship with our visitors. The Gallery is particularly well suited to the exploration of this subject because of the exceptional ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Visions and Nightmares: Four Centuries of Spanish Drawings

All works: The Morgan Library & Museum, New York All works, unless noted, photography: Graham S. Haber Visions and Nightmares: Four Centuries of Spanish Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum January 17–May 11, 2014 explores the shifting roles and attitudes toward the art of drawing in Spain, as well as the impact of the Catholic Church and the nightmare of the Inquisition on Spanish artists and their work. It is the first exhibition of Spanish drawings ever to be held at the Morgan Library & Museum, whose holdings in this area are relatively small but strong. The exhibition features more than twenty drawings spanning the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Works by well-known artists such as José de Ribera, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Francisco Goya are presented alongside sheets by equally talented but less familiar artists, including Vicente Carducho, Alonso Cano, and Eugenio Lucas. Complementing the drawings is a display of contemporary Spanish letters and...
Post a Comment
Read more