Facts about The Kunsthistorisches Museum

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   In 1891, the Kunsthistorisches Museum opened its doors in Vienna's Ringstrasse as a purpose-built structure housing the imperial Habsburg collections across five major departments.

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   Caravaggio's Madonna of the Rosary, acquired by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in 1617, measures 364 by 249 centimeters and depicts the Virgin Mary distributing rosaries to Saint Dominic and Catherine of Siena.

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   Velázquez's portrait of Infanta Margarita Teresa hangs in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, painted in 1659 when the Spanish princess was betrothed to her uncle Emperor Leopold I.

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   Approximately 2,000 coins and medals from the Renaissance and early modern periods fill the numismatic collection at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, documenting monetary systems across European dynasties.

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   Ancient Roman glass vessels and cameos in the Kunsthistorisches Museum's decorative arts collection date back to the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, showcasing sophisticated glassblowing techniques from the Imperial period.

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   Benvenuto Cellini's famous gold and enamel saltcellar, completed in 1543, resides in the Kunsthistorisches Museum and depicts Neptune and Tellus in intricate Renaissance craftsmanship.

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   Kunsthistorisches Museum's Egyptian collection includes mummies and papyri spanning from 3100 BCE through the Roman period, with over 500 objects from the Nile Valley civilizations.

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   Sixteen paintings by Peter Bruegel the Younger depicting winter scenes and peasant life constitute a significant portion of the Kunsthistorisches Museum's Northern Renaissance holdings.

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   Emperor Maximilian II's collection of 16th-century armor and weapons occupies an entire wing of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, containing over 3,000 pieces of historical military equipment.

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    Over 7,000 paintings comprise the collection at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, making it one of the world's largest art repositories by volume.

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    Bruegel the Elder's Hunters in the Snow, painted around 1565, hangs in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna as one of its most celebrated works.

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