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Blossoms on paper and parchment

Datum
Time
Event Label
Guided tour
Organisational Units
Graphic Collection
Location Address (1)
Schillerplatz 3
Location ZIP and/or City (1)
1010 Vienna
Location Room (1)
Study room

Meeting point: Porter at the main entrance of the Academy (Schillerplatz 3, 1010 Vienna).

Limited number of participants, registration required under +43 1 58816 2401 or kupferstichkabinett@akbild.ac.at

free admission

duration approx. 45 minutes

Guided tour on depictions of flowers and plants from the Graphic Collection with René Schober, Head of the Graphic Collection

The Graphic Collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna holds around 1600 depictions of flowers and plants, mainly from the late 18th and 19th centuries. These works of art are very sensitive to light, which is why they are rarely seen in public. The focus tour offers the opportunity to gain an insight into these holdings of the depot. On display are parchment leaves from a florilegium from around 1650, design drawings from the manufactory drawing school, template sheets from the class for flower, fruit and animal painting at the academy and flower watercolors by Moritz Michael Daffinger from the middle of the 19th century.