--- type: press_release title: Klimt and Antiquity language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/press/klimt-and-antiquity" --- # Klimt and Antiquity ### Erotic Encounters 23 June 2017 – 8 October 2017 [PM-Klimt-Antike-de.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/PM-Klimt-Antike-de.pdf) [PM-Klimt-Antike-en.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/PM-Klimt-Antike-en.pdf) [Wandtexte-Klimt-und-die-Antike-de-en.pdf](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-files/Wandtexte-Klimt-und-die-Antike-de-en.pdf) ![Klimt und die Antike — Gustav Klimt, Die Poesie (Detail Beethovenfries), 1901/02 — © Belvedere Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246652177.jpg) ## Press images ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360588106_0.jpg) Musensarkophag, 180–200 A.C. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Collection of Antiquities, © KHM-Museumsverband ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246652177_0.jpg) Gustav Klimt, Die Poesie (Detail Beethovenfries), 1901/02 © Belvedere Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360588101_0.jpg) Gustav Klimt, Sitzender weiblicher Halbakt, 1904 Leopold Museum, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360588107.jpg) Halsamphore of the Providence-Painter, around 480 B.C. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Collection of Antiquities, © KHM-Museumsverband ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360588104_1.jpg) Tray of the Tarquinia Painter, around 470-460 B.C. Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig, © Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_468272301757_0.jpg) Amphora of the Phrynos Painter, around 550/540 B.C. © Antikensammlung Basel and Sammlung Ludwig ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360588108_0.jpg) Kalathos of the Brygos painter, around 470 B.C. State Collections of Antiquities and Glyptothek Munich, © State Collections of Antiquities and Glyptothek Munich/Renate Kühling ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246652547.jpg) Die Hetärengespräche des Lukian, Edition A, 1907 Private Collection, © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360588142_0.jpg) Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Josef Pembaur the Elder., 1890 Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, © Tiroler Landesmuseen ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360588141_0.jpg) Gustav Klimt, Girlfriends (Water Serpents I), 1905/06, with last revisions in 1907 Belvedere, Vienna, © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_492360588152.jpg) Gustav Klimt, The Hostile Powers (Detail of the Beethoven Frieze), 1901/02 Belvedere, Vienna, © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246651418_0.jpg) Exhibition view „Klimt and Antiquity. Erotic Encounters“ Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246651417_0.jpg) Exhibition view "Klimt and Antiquity. Erotic Encounters" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246651416_0.jpg) Exhibition view "Klimt and Antiquity. Erotic Encounters" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246651414_0.jpg) Exhibition view "Klimt and Antiquity. Erotic Encounters" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246651413.jpg) Exhibition view "Klimt and Antiquity. Erotic Encounters" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246651412.jpg) Exhibition view "Klimt and Antiquity. Erotic Encounters" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246652697_0.jpg) Exhibition view "Klimt and Antiquity. Erotic Encounters" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna ![Image](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/jart-images/_495246652696_0.jpg) Exhibition view "Klimt and Antiquity. Erotic Encounters" Photo: Johannes Stoll © Belvedere, Vienna The texts, images, and documents provided here are copyrighted and are made available exclusively for the purpose of reporting on the exhibitions mentioned. Please contact the press team in regards to image credits and copyrights. For any additional use or distribution, please obtain approval in writing from the press team. For more information and press images please contact: #### Media Relations ##### Petra Fuchs T: [+43 1 795 57-177](tel:+43179557-177) M: [+43 664 800 141-177](tel:+43664800141-177) E-Mail: [**p.fuchs@belvedere.at**](mailto:p.fuchs@belvedere.at) ## Related exposition [**Klimt and Antiquity**](https://www.belvedere.at/en/klimt-and-antiquity-0) — Erotic Encounters — 23 June 2017 - 8 October 2017 — Exhibition