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Photograph a work in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna and Lensmark tells you who made it, when, and why it matters, with every fact linked to its source.

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Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Vienna, Austria

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Take a photo and read the work's sourced story

Illustrative photo demo

Illustrative collection

  1. Take a permitted photo Use a photo allowed by the museum's current rules.
  2. Read the sourced history When Lensmark can verify the work, it explains what the sources support and links to them. When it cannot, it says so plainly.
  3. Ask a follow-up Continue with a question about the work's maker, age or significance.
  4. Your Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna walk saves itself. Just take pictures. Each work is kept with its sourced history, grouped by day.

Images in the demo: The Art of Painting, Johannes Vermeer, about 1666/68; The Tower of Babel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563. Both are Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna works reproduced from public-domain files on Wikimedia Commons. Images resized and cropped.

What the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna collection covers

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna opened in 1891 to bring the imperial collections together in a purpose-built museum. This page covers its main building on Maria-Theresien-Platz. The Museum

The main building houses the Picture Gallery and Kunstkammer alongside Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek and Roman antiquities. Its Habsburg collections bring Old Master paintings together with sculpture and decorative arts.

Its collection strengths include European Old Master painting, Habsburg Kunstkammer, Egyptian and Near Eastern antiquities, and Greek and Roman antiquities.

  • The Art of Painting

    Johannes Vermeer

    Date
    about 1666/68

    Vermeer turns a painter's studio into an allegory of painting. The museum records it as Picture Gallery inventory 9128.

    Read the museum record

  • The Tower of Babel

    Pieter Bruegel the Elder

    Date
    1563

    Bruegel sets the enormous tower beside a tiny port and fills it with detailed building work. This Vienna painting is on oak and carries Picture Gallery inventory 1026.

    Read the museum record

  • Saliera

    Benvenuto Cellini

    Date
    1540–1543

    Cellini made this salt and pepper cellar for King Francis I of France. Its figures of Neptune and Tellus represent sea and earth.

    Read the museum record

These are collection records, not confirmation that the works are on display today.

Check the photography rules first

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna permits private, non-commercial photography and filming without flash, tripods or additional lighting; selfie sticks must be left at the cloakroom, commercial or academic photography and filming need express permission, and work-specific or temporary complete bans and staff instructions must be followed. Read its current visitor conditions and follow gallery signs before taking a photo. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna photography policy

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