21 junio 2007 – 31 octubre 2007

Prince's role. Childhood in Renaissance and Baroque

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz and Diego Velazquez, court painters of the Spanish Habsburgs. The portraits of preciously dressed children as well as the objects like children’s armours, toys, dresses and nursery furniture give an impression of a really princely childhood. But as so often, appearances are deceiving. Childhood was separated from adult living much later. The “value” of a child depended on its birth: Ladislaus Postumus, who was born four months after his father’s death, became king of Hungary and Bohemia as child. Karl and Andreas, the sons of Archduke Ferdinand II and his wife Philippine Welser, who was of lower social rank, were placed in front of the castle’s gates as foundlings, because the marriage had to stay a secret.

dirección

Schloss Ambras - Kunsthistorisches Museum
Schloss Strasse 20
6020 Innsbruck
fon +43 1 525 24 48 02
http://www.khm.at/ambras

horarios

Daily 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. In August open till 7 p.m..Closed in November.

descripción del Museo

At Ambras Castle, situated above Innsbruck in Tyrol, you can immerse yourself in the life and passion about collecting of the Renaissance duke Archduke Ferdinand II. (1529-1595): Discover his collection of arts and curiosities, his armouries or his antiquary. Admire the Habsburg portrait gallery with paintings from Albrecht III. (1349-1395) to Emperor Franz I. (1768-1835) by Lukas Cranach, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Peter Paul Rubens, Anton van Dyck and Diego Velásquez.

en el período de 10 dias
comienzo de exposiciones
finalizacion de exposiciones