Now moved to the Academy of fine arts, this place does not deserve to own Bosch’s masterpiece altarpiece, The Last Judgement. As one of the art pieces people travel to Vienna for, to display it closed is an atrocity and extremely disappointing. I would have been incredulous if I had paid to enter to see it closed. I do t know how a curator who appreciates art history at all could do this.

Among paintings by Tizian, Rubens, Rembrandt, van Dyck and lot more, there is The Last Judgment triptych by Hieronymus Bosch, which you should not miss if you are in Vienna!

A lesser known gallery in Vienna. Tucked away on the 2nd floor of the Academy of Fine Arts (not that easy to find). It houses a small collection of classic and modern. The jewel of this collection is “The Last Judgement” by Bosch, simply stunning!

The Vienna Academy, founded in 1692, was not lucky enough to own a collection of paintings, as did most contemporary academies. This changed only by the generous patronage of Count Lamberg Sprinzenstein, who in 1822 bequeathed his widely famous collection of about 800 paintings of the Imperial Academy. The founder's testamentary specifications regarding publicity and catalog production made the "Gräflich Lamberg'sche Gemähldegalerie at the Academy of Fine Arts" in Vienna the first art museum in an institution. At the same time, the collection was also accessible to art students and teaching. Gradually, the aristocratic stock of images was established primarily as an important element of artist education, which should characterize the weighting of the art gallery for a long time - even in the 1970s, the copying in the art gallery was part of the education to become an academic painter. In 1877 the academy, together with its collections in Theophil, moved Hansen's elegant academy building to Schillerplatz, which is located on Ringstrasse. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the collection itself was considerably enlarged by numerous generous donations from the public and private sectors and today has almost 1600 inventory numbers. In view of the developments in contemporary art, in which the study of the old masters at the Vienna Academy had lost its original relevance, in the late 20th century the focus was again on the quality and international standing of Lamberg's first-class collection. The Gemäldegalerie, today one of the three important Old Masters collections in Vienna, has now primarily the obligation to present their holdings museal the public - both in the permanent exhibition and in exhibitions - to explore them and publish them in catalog form. As a consequence of its historical development, which grew out of Lamberg's donor will, it is still anchored legally and organisationally at the Kunstuniversität today. One of its tasks is to support teaching. In Vienna, therefore, is the only surviving example among the early Academy foundations, in which the old and new art are still united under one roof. Neither from the profile of the contemporary academy nor from that of the Gemäldegalerie is this conditionality, rooted in their common history, enriching both sides to think away.

Worth a visit just to see the Hieronymus Bosch painting.

Excellent exhibition of impressive artworks.

We came by chance on a free weekend when a new temporary exhibit was being shown. If I had paid for it, I would have demanded my money back. We came just to see The Last Judgment, but the curator had closed the triptych. Maybe to force everyone to spend more time on the modern art exhibit which was oddly shoehorned into the Gemäldegalerie? Also, the room felt like it must have been 80 degrees in there and all the plaques were confusingly arranged. Just poor curation.

Although the gallery has a really beautiful collection of old master works on display, the exhibition itself is poorly curated, if not banal. But the absolute worst part of visiting this gallery is the visiting itself. It's the second time I was followed everywhere and stared at by the gallery guards to the extend that I felt completely uncomfortable and with absolute no feeling of privacy while watching the works. One feels not like a museum visitor but more like a thief or an unwanted guest. I don't recommend this place, not even to art historians...

The purpose of the visit, of course, was Bosch. The gallery is hidden on the second floor of the Academy. Which I couldn't find the second time, after my lunch break. In any case, I recommend it, because sometimes there is an opportunity to see the work of students and other exhibitions, in addition to the classics collected in the museum. The downside is that the lighting is very dim

Great to have seen once.

Very interesting building with great architecture and fantastic painting gallery. Thanks

Worth seeing Very good

I've never been there before and it wasn't on my radar - there are some very impressive works hanging there - I particularly liked Hieronymus Bosch tryptichon!

It is not too big and although the highlights were definitely Bosch and Rubens, it contains some really fascinating paintings by less renowned authors, worth seeing. Current exhibition is very nicely designed, although in order to fully understand the idea of the curratos, one has to carefully read the exhibition guide available at the entrance (in German or English). Building is also quite fascinating itself.

1. Interesting painting gallery. In this collection, I (as a man) noticed again how stereotypically the heroism or bravery of women and men was viewed. While the man dies heroically for his convictions (here the example of Cato), the woman is allowed to prove her virtue until death (here: Lucretia, Vergenia). This is a worldwide topic, just think of the wife of the Indian national hero Rama, who voluntarily allowed herself to be burned as a freed kidnap victim to prove that she had not given herself over to the kidnapper). 2. Mediocre labeling.

Amazing architectural solution. Historical building. A beautiful auditorium. A fantastic library and gallery of the best student work.

Good

Great!

can be visited

Very nice.