Büste Kaiser Rudolfs II. aus Bronze, Adriaen de Vries, Prag 1603, Signiert und datiert: ADRIANUS FRIES HAGIEN FECIT 1603, Kunsthistorisches Museum/Kunstkammer Wien, Inv.-Nr. KK 5506. © Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien

DRESDEN.-It could be described as a kind of Habsburg-Wettin “summit meeting” when on 6th December the famous and important Kunstkammer of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna presents some of its most outstanding works of art in Dresden’s legendary Grünes Gewölbe.

The Kunstkammer of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, which is currently closed for refurbishment, will be displaying – in collaboration with the Grünes Gewölbe – a selection of treasures from the collection of Emperor Rudolf II, who reigned from 1576 until 1612. As a lover and connoisseur of the arts, Emperor Rudolf created a Kunstkammer (literally, ‘art chamber’) at Hradčany Castle in Prague that was renowned as the largest and most splendid of the era. It formed the basis of the Habsburg collections and its treasures are among the most pre-eminent works of art produced in Europe in the period around 1600.

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