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Portrait of the Infanta
Margarita Teresa (1659) VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
VIII Diego Velázquez captures the
fragility of the eight-year-old Practical Information
IX Spanish princess in all her finery Maria-Theresien-Platz, A-1010.
in this official portrait. Map 3 C1 & 5 B5. Tel 525240.
X Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun
(to 9pm Thu); Jun–Aug daily.
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over three floors. On the ground
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10 floor are the Egyptian, Near
Eastern and Greek, Roman
VI 11 Gemma Augustea antiquities and Kunstkammer
The Emperor Augustus dressed
12 Ground floor as Jupiter sits next to Roma, the collections. The first floor holds
VII personification of Rome, in this the painting collections, and
XIII Roman cameo carved from onyx. on the second floor is one of
13 the largest and greatest coin
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Sculpted around
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1460 BC, Thutmosis III
is depicted in the
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style typical of the Late
Kingdom period.
The Apotheosis of the Renaissance
Many prominent artists were employed to decorate the museum’s
interior. As part of an extravagant decorative scheme, the
Main entrance Hungarian painter Michael
from Maria- Munkácsy contributed a
Theresien-Platz fabulous trompe l’oeil ceiling
painting for the main
Rotunda staircase, depicting The
Apotheosis of the Renaissance
(1890). It features Leonardo,
Raphael, Michelangelo,
Veronese, Titian and
their models, all presided
over by Pope Julius II.

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