List of important works of the Albertina
The Albertina is an art museum in the city center of Vienna . It houses one of the most important graphic collections in the world.
The Albertina has three collections (as of April 2015):
- Graphic collection: around 950,000 drawings and prints, sculptures and ceramics (160)
- Architectural collection: 50,000 plans, sketches and models
- Photo collection: 101,000 individual objects
Important works
image | Artist | Title (year of creation) | Size, material | Exhibition / collection / owner |
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Albrecht Dürer |
Brown Hare (1502) |
Watercolor and opaque colors, heightened with opaque white | Albertina, Vienna (not on display) | |
Albrecht Dürer |
The great patch of lawn (1503) |
Watercolor and opaque colors, heightened with opaque white | Albertina, Vienna (not on display) | |
Albrecht Dürer |
Praying Hands (1508) |
Brushes in gray and black, washed in gray, heightened with opaque white, on blue-primed paper | Albertina, Vienna (not on display) | |
Leonardo da Vinci |
Half-length figure of an apostle (1493–1495) |
Silver pen, brown pen on blue primed paper | Albertina, Vienna | |
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Ä. |
The big fish eat the small ones (1556) |
Brush and pen in gray and black, transmission lines | Albertina, Vienna | |
Pieter Bruegel the Elder Ä. |
Painter and Buyer (around 1565) |
Pen in brown | Albertina, Vienna | |
Peter Paul Rubens |
Rubens' son Nikolas with pearl necklace (around 1619) |
Black chalk and red chalk heightened with white chalk | Albertina, Vienna | |
Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
Portrait of a Girl (Elisabeth Maître) (1897) |
Pastel on Ingres paper | Albertina, Vienna | |
Edgar Degas |
Two dancers (around 1905) |
Pastel on cardboard | Albertina, Vienna | |
Henri Lebasque |
On the Green Bank, Sanary (1911) |
Oil on canvas | Albertina, Vienna | |
Marc Chagall |
Maternity (1914) |
Oil on canvas | Albertina, Vienna | |
Claude Monet |
Water lily pond (1917-1919) |
Oil on canvas | Albertina, Vienna | |
Kazimir Malevich |
Man in a Suprematic Landscape (1930–1931) |
Oil on canvas | Albertina, Vienna |