Apotheosis of Emperor Charles VI
Gran painted the emperor's apotheosis in the State Hall's dome. Apollo and Hercules hold a medallion with Charles VI's portrait amid symbols of Habsburg glory.
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State Hall
Vienna, Austria
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The illustrative demo shows Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam in Vatican City. The demo and collection images illustrate Lensmark and are not State Hall collection works.
What the State Hall collection covers
The State Hall is the Austrian National Library's baroque library room at Josefsplatz in Vienna. Its books share the room with Daniel Gran's ceiling frescoes, imperial marble statues and Venetian globes. About the State Hall
Emperor Charles VI commissioned the former Court Library as a separate wing of the Hofburg. The dome fresco celebrates him through an allegorical scene, while his marble statue stands among four globes. These works belong to the State Hall's story, distinct from the library's other museums.
Its collection strengths include baroque ceiling frescoes, imperial marble sculpture, historic books and manuscripts, and Venetian terrestrial and celestial globes.
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Emperor Charles VI as Hercules Musarum
This larger-than-life marble statue presents Charles VI as Hercules Musarum. The library dates it to 1735 and attributes it to Antonio Corradini.
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Four ceremonial terrestrial and celestial globes
Coronelli's four ceremonial globes pair maps of the Earth with maps of the heavens. The library's globe history connects the two pairs with the State Hall.
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