Liechtenstein Collection

One of the halls of the Liechtenstein Palace

The Liechtenstein Art Gallery is an art collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein , which occupies their suburban palace at Fürstenhass in Vienna .

The foundation of the meeting was laid in the 17th century by Prince Karl Eusebius of Liechtenstein . Generation after generation, his descendants continued to expand the collection, which now includes paintings by Raphael , Rubens , Mantegna . The pearl of the collection, “ Portrait of Ginevra de Benchi ” by Leonardo da Vinci , was sold in 1967 by the Prince of Liechtenstein for a record $ 5 million price for that time.

In the pre-war era, the Liechtenstein art collection was open to the public. In March 2004, the Liechtenstein Museum again opened its doors to all comers. The owners expected to replenish the gallery through an exhibition of paintings from previously closed collections of other aristocratic families ( Borromei , Harrahi ) and receive up to 300 thousand tourists annually. In 2009, the Prince of Liechtenstein brought part of the collection to an exhibition at the Pushkin Museum ^[1] .

In 2011, due to the relatively low attendance (not more than 45 thousand tourists a year), the Prince of Liechtenstein decided to close the museum. To visit the palace by a tourist group, a preliminary agreement with the owners is now required ^[2] .