EditorialLe cattive madri-The Bad Mothers. According to an Indian legend, mothers who killed their newborn children must hang, frozen, in trees in a snowy landscape and nurse their dead children. Oil on canvas, 105 x 200 cm Inv. MG 269.
EditorialThe Chronicle of the Months, an early Carolingian manuscript. The illustration shows the labours of each month. From the abbey of St. Peter in Salzburg. Codex 387, folio 90 verso.
EditorialFace of a man with a disfigurement. Atlas der Hautkrankheiten. Text von Prof. Dr. F. Hebra. Bilder von Dr. A. Elfinger (und Dr. C. Heitzmann). Herausgegeben durch die Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften...
EditorialThe " Beethoven Frieze" painted for the 1902 exhibition of Vienna Artists' Association " Secession". The end of the frieze illustrates the final chorus of the Ninth Symphony " Freude, schoener Goetterfunken". Detail of 40-...
EditorialThe Alcazar of Madrid,1569. King Felipe (Philip) II asked Wyngaerde to do a series of watercolours of Spanish towns. The Alcazar of Madrid,originally a fortress, was rebuilt into a royal palace. Pen and ink, watercolour,26,5 x 42,9 cm Cod. Min.41,fol.73.
EditorialSociety scene. Elegant Vienna society in Schubert's time, as drawn by Josef Danhauser. The painter was a frequent guest in the house of Baron Spaun, where he met Schubert. See 25-01-02 / 35,36.
EditorialGod Father measuring the universe. Bible Moralisee, perhaps from Reims, France, mid-13th. 130 pages, parchment, 24,4 x 26 cm Cod.2554 fol.I,verso.
Editorial" 12 heathen philosophers and their planetary conjunctions" from a manuscript on astrology composed in verse; Wenzelswerkstadt, Prague. Size: 29.5 x 20 cm Inv. Sn 2652, p 2 verso.
EditorialScore of Joseph Haydn's 'Gott, erhalte Franz den Kaiser!' - 'God Save the Emperor'. (Kaiserhymne - Emperor's Hymn to Franz II of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria). Music by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), lyrics by Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1749???18...
EditorialIn summer, Laplanders wander down to the coastal regions with their herds and live in tents. Their clothing is mostly red and black, the legs are swathed in reindeer hides.
EditorialThe death of Germanicus (Roman General 15 BCE-19 CE), 14-16 CE war against German tribes, stepson of Emperor Tiberius, son of Drusus Germanicus. Oil on canvas (1795) 155 x 235.
EditorialThe story of Jason and Medea. Top: " Here, Jason and Medea go to bed" and, bottom, " Here, Jason and Medea lie together". From Aegidius Colonna " The Trojan War", version by Martin Opifex, 1445-50. Parchment,37,5 x 27,5 cm...
EditorialRudolf von Arthaber (1795-1867)and his children Rudolf Emilie and Gustav,looking at the picture of their dead wife and mother; 1837. Canvas,221 x 155 cm Inv. 2245.
EditorialAttempt at peace negotiations between member of the diet Borrosch for the Viennese, and General Count Auersperg, commander of the Vienna garrison, for the imperial troops. The talks were interrupted by a bombardment from town and were brocken off wit...
EditorialCavaliers under the command of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius are put to flight by sarazens during a battle near Antioch in 632. From " La fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient des Hayton". Illumination on parchment. Probably Catalonia; middl...
EditorialCollection of chronological and astronomical manuscripts, 137 folios, parchment,30 x 21 cm, from Pruefening near Regensburg,Germany,end 12th. Codex 12.600: The Microcosm.
EditorialThe Alcazar of Madrid,1569. King Felipe (Philip) II asked Wyngaerde to do a series of watercolours of Spanish towns. The Alcazar of Madrid,originally a fortress, was rebuilt into a royal palace. Pen and ink, watercolour,26,5 x 42,9 cm Cod. Min.41,fol.73.
EditorialApotheosis of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Prince Eugene was the greatest General of his times; his victories over the Turks halted the Turkish advance upon Europe. 1718 / 21, marble.
Editorial" Working score" of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's requiem, unfinished at his death. Last notes of the " Lacrimosa" with a first attempt at completion by Joseph Eybler. See also 25-01-03 / 24,25-01-01 / 63.
EditorialGod Father measuring the universe. Bible Moralisee, perhaps from Reims, France, mid-13th. 130 pages, parchment, 24,4 x 26 cm Cod.2554 fol.I,verso.
EditorialThe Chronicle of the Months, an early Carolingian manuscript. The illustration shows the labours of each month. From the abbey of St. Peter in Salzburg. Codex 387, folio 90 verso.
EditorialCourt Library, now Austrian National Library, Vienna. Hall with murals by Daniel Gran. Center: marble statue of Emperor Karl VI by Paul and Peter Strudel. 1730.
Editorial" Working score" of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem, unfinished at his death. Last notes of the " Lacrimosa". Last line by Joseph Eybler, who tried a first completion, but abandoned it to Suessmayr who finished the Requiem. See al...