Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (1614-1662)
During the ravages of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), the Habsburg castle in Prague was looted and many works of art were scattered. It was not until the younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand III (1608-1657), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, that the Habsburg collection once again entered a period of expansion. Leopold Wilhelm served from 1647 to 1656 on behalf of the King of Spain as governor in the Netherlands and started to collect works of art there. He has been praised as one of the most astute connoisseurs of art in the Baroque period. He had paintings by three masters of the Venetian school (Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto) and those by the Flemish painters Rubens and van Dyck moved to the Stallburg, forming some of the core pieces in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna today. The Archduke's entire collection was inherited by his nephew, Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705).
Titian (ca. 1488-1576)
around 1515 to 1520
Oil on canvas
77 x 66.5 cm
Inv. no.: GG 64
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Bravo
around 1515 to 1520
Oil on canvas
77 x 66.5 cm
Inv. no.: GG 64
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Bernardino Licinio (ca. 1485/89-1550)
around 1520 to 1525
Oil on canvas
58.8 x 53 cm
Inv. no.: 1928
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Portrait of a Young Man with Gloves
around 1520 to 1525
Oil on canvas
58.8 x 53 cm
Inv. no.: 1928
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Titian (ca. 1488-1576)
around 1518
Oil on canvas
88 x 75 cm
Inv. no.: GG 94
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Gian Giacomo Bartolotti da Parma
around 1518
Oil on canvas
88 x 75 cm
Inv. no.: GG 94
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Tintoretto (1519-1594)
around 1555/56
Oil on canvas
115 x 99 cm
Inv. no.: 24
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Portrait of a Man in Parade Armor
around 1555/56
Oil on canvas
115 x 99 cm
Inv. no.: 24
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Veronese (1528-1588)
around 1580
Oil on canvas
111 x 100.5 cm
Inv. no.: 34
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes
around 1580
Oil on canvas
111 x 100.5 cm
Inv. no.: 34
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Guido Reni (1575-1642)
around 1637
Oil on canvas
74 x 61cm
Inv. no.: GG 243
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The Confession of St. Peter
around 1637
Oil on canvas
74 x 61cm
Inv. no.: GG 243
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Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582-1622)
around 1610
Oil on canvas
152 x 115 cm
Inv. no.: GG 363
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Cain Kills Abel
around 1610
Oil on canvas
152 x 115 cm
Inv. no.: GG 363
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Gillis Backereel (1572-before 1662)
1640s
Oil on canvas
205 x 156 cm
Inv. no.: GG 1711
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Hero Mourning the Death of Leander
1640s
Oil on canvas
205 x 156 cm
Inv. no.: GG 1711
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Jan van Dalen (before 1620-after 1653)
1648
Oil on canvas
68 x 59 cm
Inv. no.: GG 1687
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Bacchus
1648
Oil on canvas
68 x 59 cm
Inv. no.: GG 1687
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Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606-1683/1684)
around 1635
Oil on canvas
78 x 60 cm
Inv. no.: GG 561
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Breakfast Still Life
around 1635
Oil on canvas
78 x 60 cm
Inv. no.: GG 561
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David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690)
around 1651
Oil on canvas
123 × 163 cm
Inv. no.: GG 739
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Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels
around 1651
Oil on canvas
123 × 163 cm
Inv. no.: GG 739
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David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690)
1648
Oil on canvas
76.5 x 114 cm
Inv. no.: GG 708
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Farmer's Wedding (A Farmer's Joy)
1648
Oil on canvas
76.5 x 114 cm
Inv. no.: GG 708
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Attack on a Farmer (A Farmer's Sadness)
1648
Oil on canvas
77 x 114 cm
Inv. no.: GG 712
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Bordone (1500-1571)
between 1550 and 1560
Oil on canvas
111.5 x 174.5 cm
Inv. no.: 120
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Allegory with Mars, Venus, Victoria, and Cupid
between 1550 and 1560
Oil on canvas
111.5 x 174.5 cm
Inv. no.: 120
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Jacopo Bassano (1510-1592)
around 1563/64
Oil on canvas
92.3 x 117.5 cm
Inv. no.: 361
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Adoration of the Magi
around 1563/64
Oil on canvas
92.3 x 117.5 cm
Inv. no.: 361
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Battistello (originally Caracciolo; 1578-1635)
around 1632
Oil on canvas
119 x 152 cm
Inv. no.: GG 168
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Mary with Child and St. Anna
around 1632
Oil on canvas
119 x 152 cm
Inv. no.: GG 168
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Domenico Fetti (1591/1592-1623)
around 1621/22
Oil on wood
41 x 97 cm
Inv. no.: GG 172
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Galathea and Polyphemus
around 1621/22
Oil on wood
41 x 97 cm
Inv. no.: GG 172
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Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
around 1617
Oil on canvas
208 x 282 cm
Inv. no.: GG 532
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Cimon and Iphigenia
around 1617
Oil on canvas
208 x 282 cm
Inv. no.: GG 532
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Jan Fyt (1611-1661)
1647
Oil on canvas
38 x 61.5 cm
Inv. no.: GG 388
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Dead Quail and Hunting Dog
1647
Oil on canvas
38 x 61.5 cm
Inv. no.: GG 388
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Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668)
around 1644
Oil on wood
39 x 56.5 cm
Inv. no.: GG 669
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Attack on Travelers
around 1644
Oil on wood
39 x 56.5 cm
Inv. no.: GG 669
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Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger (1580-1649)
1621
Oil on canvas
155 x 198 cm
Inv. no.: GG 731
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The Freeing of St. Peter
1621
Oil on canvas
155 x 198 cm
Inv. no.: GG 731
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