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          . Gustav Klimt Collection              VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
            This marvellous Jugendstil
           collection by Gustav Klimt is         Practical Information
            considered by some to be             Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, A-1030.
           the Belvedere’s highlight. In         Map 4 F4. Tel 79557134.
          the work here, Judith I (1901),        Open10am–6pm daily. & ^
              Klimt depicts the Old              7 8 - = ∑ belvedere.at
             Testament heroine as a
              Viennese femme fatale.             Transport
                                                 % Südtirolerplatz. @ 69A. <
                                                 Quartier Belvedere. v D, O, 18.












                                               The Tiger Lion (1926)
                                               This savage beast from the
                                               interwar period was painted by
                          Second               Oskar Kokoschka, a leading figure
                          floor                in Austrian Expressionism.
                             Marble Hall









                                                   The Plain of Auvers (1890)
                                     First floor
                                                Van Gogh’s airy landscape is part
                                                 of a series inspired by the wheat
                                                  fields around Auvers-sur-Oise,
                                  Stairs to m     where the artist spent the last
                                                      few months of his life.
                                      Ground floor











                         Corpus Christi
                         Morning (1857)
                     This bright genre scene
                     is typical of the work of
                       Biedermeier painter
                        Ferdinand Georg
                           Waldmüller.




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