Aug 8
Allegory of the Transfer of the Imperial Gallery to the Belvedere
Artist: Vinzenz Fischer (Austrian, 1729-1810)
Date: 1781
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria
Description
The painting commemorates the historic relocation of the Habsburg imperial art collection to the Upper Belvedere palace in Vienna, marking a major step toward creating a public museum.
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