--- type: exposition title: Maria Theresa and the Arts language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/maria-theresa-and-arts-0" --- # Maria Theresa and the Arts ![Tempera on parchment 34,2 x 39 cm](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_468272295425.jpg.webp?itok=7E4Ms53b) **Duration:** 30 June 2017 - 5 November 2017 **The Belvedere has taken the occasion of Maria Theresia’s 300th birthday as an opportunity to illuminate her relationship with the visual arts. In doing so, exciting details have come to light. First and foremost, with her free and unaffected perspective on art, Maria Theresia did not venture to expand collections of historical art, instead, she chose to engage contemporary representatives of all styles, thus demonstrating a very progressive understanding of art.** The exhibition focuses on all art genres that were important at that time. These include painterly and sculptural portraits, which served primarily to represent the imperial house. Sharing the same purpose were the allegorical paintings and ceiling frescoes, which can be found throughout the various buildings. In addition, the fields of landscape painting and sculpture are illustrated by numerous outstanding examples of displayed works that were made during her ruling epoch. Finally, the Belvedere itself comes into focus, as the decision to place the imperial gallery within it was made during Maria Theresia's reign. This exhibition reveals new perspectives apart from the ubiquitous historical representations typically associated with the famous Habsburg empress. Curator: Dr. Georg Lechner. \#RoyalMaria ### [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 - ![Tempera on parchment 34,2 x 39 cm — Friedrich Heinrich Füger, Empress Maria Theresa with Her Children, 1776 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_468272295425_0.jpg.webp?itok=d5SjJk3b) - ![Oil on Canvas, 97 x 138 cm — Johann Christian Brand, Laxenburg from the Schneiderau towards Guntramsdorf and Mödling, 1758 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_490282835167.jpg.webp?itok=Ui5T2aAC) - ![Oil on Wood, 27 x 37 cm — Johann Christian Brand, Coast Landscape with Sumpters, 1771 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_490282835168.jpg.webp?itok=l3FXbNmJ) - ![Bronze, fire gilded, 90 × 75 × 55 cm — Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Maria Theresa, 1760 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_490282835177.jpg.webp?itok=JWKc9skP) - ![Oil on Canvas, 79 x 98 cm — Philipp Ferdinand de Hamilton, Pheasants, 1745 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_490282835169.jpg.webp?itok=_7uAbko1) - ![Oil on Canvas, 63 x 63 cm — Agamemnon Hunting/ Study for the ceiling painting of the Diana Temple at Laxenburg of 1766, 1763 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_490282835172.jpg.webp?itok=B6EDAB8c) - ![Oil on Canvas, 262 x 188 cm — Johann Gottfried Auerbach, Emperor Charls VI, 1730 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_490282835174.jpg.webp?itok=caX8m8Bz) - ![Oil on canvas, 262 x 188 cm — Johann Gottfried Auerbach, Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, ca. 1730 — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_490282835175.jpg.webp?itok=eR-0iZfa) - ![Oil on canvas, 237,5 x 157 cm — Daniel Schmidely, Maria Theresa in Hungarian Coronationdress, 1742 — © Galéria mesta Bratislavy](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_490282844313.jpg.webp?itok=rqOvcCZU) - ![Maria Theresia und die Kunst — Exhibition view "Maria Theresa and the Arts" — Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246655953.jpg.webp?itok=dbmH3Vwp) - ![Maria Theresia und die Kunst — Exhibition view "Maria Theresa and the Arts" — Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246655954.jpg.webp?itok=j7Vx8tJR) - ![Maria Theresia und die Kunst — Exhibition view "Maria Theresa and the Arts" — Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246655958.jpg.webp?itok=nCOgpR-z) - ![Maria Theresia und die Kunst — Exhibition view "Maria Theresa and the Arts" — Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246655956.jpg.webp?itok=O6Vio_ki) - ![Maria Theresia und die Kunst](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246658137.jpg.webp?itok=N0c2JTDj) - ![Teaserbild zu Videoclip — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246658055.png.webp?itok=VoesPxXl) - ![Teaserbild zu Videoclip — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246658051.png.webp?itok=TDsDlxBh) - ![Teaserbild zu Videoclip — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246658053.png.webp?itok=HT1XOEfr) - ![Teaserbild zu Videoclip — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246658050.png.webp?itok=5BTf9NKH) - ![Teaserbild zu Videoclip — © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_495246658052.png.webp?itok=SP1G7wZA)