Albertina: The Viennese museum of the painting

The city of Vienna has been for a very long time one of the artistic capitals of Europe and cradle of large geniuses of the music, and besides harbors to one of the richest and interesting museums of Austria: the Museum Albertina.

You knew that are approximately 65 thousand the drawings and almost a million engravings, so much modern as of the period of the Austrian glory?

It is important to mention that the building was built in the middle of the 17th century, on foot of what remained of the walls of the city of Vienna, in the call “Bastion” of Augustus and in a first moment was the headquarters of the Hofbauamt, that is to say, the Department of Construction. Years later would pass to be the palace of Emanuel Televisions Count Forest-Tarouca, director of the Department of Construction, who sent to remodel it.
During this period, the building would be known popularly as “Palais Taroucca“.

The artistic present of the museum the due to Alberto of Saxe-Teschen, who during a time was a governor of the Netherlands of the Hapsburg. He was exactly of there that sent to move his collection that subsequently would be enriched by the descendants of Alberto.

Due to the size of the collection, the building was expanded, being entrusted this work to Louis Montoyer. With the step from the years the collection of art enlarged considerably with them contribute of the Duke Alberto, the count Giacomo Durazzo and the archduke Carlos of Austria.

With the course of the years, the building passed by hand of the Republic of Austria and was recently in 1921 that him was given the name that carries at present: Albertina. Sadly, World War Two the abandonment seriously damaged by the bombardments and itself did not come restore completely, but to the year 1998. Nevertheless, the works of repair served to change the entrance of main income, being this now set against the Towers of the State Opera, in the heart of the city of Vienna.

It will interest you to know that some of the most celebrated works that is found in Albertina they are “The Hare” and the “Hands Praying” of the German painter Alberto Durero, as well as also the studies of children of Rubens and works of the French one Cezanne, Klimt, Schiele, Picasso, among others. As you will have seen, Vienna the cultural city of Europe, the opportunity to know offers us another of its fabulous museums. Do not waste time and encourage you already.