--- type: exposition title: The Belvedere language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/belvedere-0" --- # The Belvedere ## 300 Years a Venue for Art ![Drawing of Prince Eugene on a horse on yellow background](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/2022-11/9879_1.jpg.webp?itok=K4nI_TJ1) **Duration:** 2 December 2022 - 25 February 2024 It took more than a decade to build the summer residence of Vienna's most famous general, Prince Eugene of Savoy. In 1723, construction of the upper palace drew to a close and the Belvedere estate was finally completed. The 300th anniversary of this event presents the perfect occasion for the museum to reflect on its history. Both as a museum and a landmark building, the Belvedere has stood for power and prestige throughout the ages, serving as the setting for courtly festivities, at times as a royal residence, and as the venue for the signing of the Austrian State Treaty in 1955. In an extensive exhibition, the museum will examine the building’s changing roles. Curated by Björn Blauensteiner, Sabine Grabner, Kerstin Jesse (Contributed to the concept), Alexander Klee, Georg Lechner, Stefan Lehner, Monika Mayer and Luisa Ziaja. ### [Lower Belvedere](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/lower-belvedere) **Opening hours:** Monday to Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm **Address:** Lower Belvedere, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=3) ## Impressions - ![Vinzenz Fischer, Allegorie auf die Übertragung der kaiserlichen Galerie in das Belvedere — Vinzenz Fischer, Allegory of the Transferral of the Imperial Gallery to the Belvedere, 1781 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-02/Vinzenz%20Fischer_Allegorie%20auf%20die%20%C3%9Cbertragung%20der%20kaiserlichen%20Galerie%20in%20das%20Belvedere_1781%20%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien%2C%20Foto%20Johannes%20Stoll.jpg.webp?itok=a5PTcPua) - ![Johann Gottfried Auerbach, Prinz Eugen von Savoyen als Feldherr — Johann Gottfried Auerbach, Prince Eugene of Savoy as Commander, c. 1725/1730 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-02/Johann%20Gottfried%20Auerbach_Prinz%20Eugen%20von%20Savoyen%20als%20Feldherr_um%201725_1730%20%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien%2C%20Foto%20Johannes%20Stoll.jpg.webp?itok=KGRYWQyM) - ![Gemälde eines Wasserfalls — Johann Nepomuk Schödlberger, Der Traunfall bei Gmunden, 1821 — Photo: Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2023-03/3735.jpg.webp?itok=FW-JYSSw) - ![Moderne Galerie 1903 — Modern Gallery 1903 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-02/Moderne%20Galerie%201903%20%20%5BBildarchiv%20BA6%5D%20%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien.jpg.webp?itok=I7L5hvJG) - ![Gemälde von vier alten Männern mit weißen Haaren und langen Bärten auf einem Felsvorsprung stehend — Karl Mediz, The Ice Saints, before 1902 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-11/Karl%20Mediz_Die%20Eism%C3%A4nner_vor%201902_Foto_Johannes%20Stoll_Belvedere_WIen.jpg.webp?itok=9_SJyogt) - ![Egon Schiele, Bildnis Dr. Franz Martin Haberditz — Egon Schiele, Portrait of Dr. Franz Martin Haberditzl, 1917 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-02/Egon%20Schiele_Bildnis%20Dr.%20Franz%20Martin%20Haberditzl_1917%20%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien.jpg.webp?itok=VCBq2XWS) - ![Statue der Heiligen Elisabeth — Wiener Bildhauer, Hl. Elisabeth, um 1380/1390 — Photo: Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2023-03/4897.jpg.webp?itok=oswWazf7) - ![Barocke Figuren in einer Komposition vor einem Hintergrund aus Bergen und HImmel — Lilly Steiner, Composition baroque, 1938 — Photo: Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-11/Lilly%20Steiner_Composition%20baroque_1938_Foto_Belvedere_Wien.jpg.webp?itok=DHc1K583) - ![Gerhart Frankl, Wiedersehen mit Wien — Gerhart Frankl, Vienna Revisited II, 1948 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-02/Gerhart%20Frankl_Wiedersehen%20mit%20Wien%20II_1948%20%C2%A9%20Belvedere%2C%20Wien.jpg.webp?itok=_EJ7RBOE) - ![Silbern getönter Silbergelatine-Druck, auf Aluminium aufgezogen — Lisa Oppenheim, Belvedere Heliograms, 2012 — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2023-03/10887-1.jpg.webp?itok=xsFF_E6B) - ![Badezimmerwand mit schwarzen und blauen Fliesen — Maja Vukoje, Untitled (SPA 3), 2020 — permanent loan from the Society of Friends of the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere — Photo: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Vienna © Bildrecht, Vienna 2022](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/2022-11/Maja%20Vukoje_SPA%203_Foto_Johannes%20Stoll_Belvedere_Wien_Leihgabe%20des%20Vereins%20der%20Freunde%20der%20%C3%96sterreichischen%20Galerie_Lg2083%20%281%29.jpg.webp?itok=XWXJ6tk9) ## The Exhibition ## Videos **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 1)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 2)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 3)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 4)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 5)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 6)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 7)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 8)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 9)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 10)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 11)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 12)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 13)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 14)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 15)** **The Belvedere. 300 Years a Venue for Art (Part 16)** ## Jubilee in 2023 and key dates of the Belvedere ### XXXX, 1723 XXXX Completion of the Upper Belvedere and with it the entire estate ### XXXX, 1777 XXXX Opening of the Imperial Picture Gallery in the Upper Belvedere ### XXXX, 1827 XXXX Foundation of the Modern School in the Upper Belvedere ### XXXX, 1903 XXXX Opening of the Modern Gallery in the Lower Belvedere ### XXXX, 1912 XXXX Austrian State Gallery in the Lower Belvedere ### XXXX, 1923 XXXX Opening of the Baroque Museum, Austrian Gallery, Lower Belvedere ### XXXX, 1924 XXXX Gallery of the 19th Century in the Upper Belvedere ### XXXX, 1953 XXXX Opening of the Museum for medieval Austrian art in the Orangery ### XXXX, 1954 XXXX Opening of the 19th and 20th Century galleries in the Upper Belvedere ### XXXX, 2007 XXXX Opening of the medieval study collection in the Palace Stables next to the Orangery ### XXXX, 2011 XXXX Opening of the Belvedere 21 (known then as the 21er Haus) ### XXXX, 2023 XXXX Jubilee year ... and last but not least, the 360th birthday of Prince Eugene of Savoy