The Liechtenstein City Palace on Bankgasse in Vienna
Salomon Kleiner (1700 or 1703–1761)
Johann August Corvinus (1683–1738)
1725
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Salomon Kleiner completed an apprenticeship with the Augsburg engraver Johann August Corvinus. He moved to Vienna in 1720 and made drawings for an extensive series of veduta prints. His precisely detailed views appealed to princely clients as they represented a way of displaying standing and rank. They also constitute an important record of building culture.
Probably the most important of all the Liechtenstein palaces, the residence on Bankgasse was purchased in 1694 by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I von Liechtenstein from Count Dominik Andreas I von Kaunitz for the sum of 115,000 gulden. It was in a half-finished state at the time of the purchase. It was subsequently completed by the architect Domenico Martinelli using the services of major artists such as the stuccateur Santino Bussi and the sculptor Giovanni Giuliani. Largely completed by 1705, it was the most modern palace in Vienna at that time. Salomon Kleiner’s view shows it some 20 years after its completion.
With his new palace in the city, Prince Johann Adam Andreas I now had not only a magnificent residence but also the space in which to realise his dream of a gallery to display his collection. Having formerly been stored for the most part at Feldsberg Castle (Valtice, Czech Republic), the art collections could now be displayed in an appropriate fashion for the first time.
- Material/technique
- engraving
- Measurements
- 317 × 416 mm
- Acquisition
- acquired in 1883 by Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein
- Artists/makers/authors
- Salomon Kleiner
- Johann August Corvinus
- Inventory number
- GR 3143
- Signature/inscriptions content only available in German
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Bez. unten links: Sal. Kleiner Elect. Mag. del.
Bez. unten links: Prospectus PALATII SERENISS. PRINCIPIS DE LIECHTENSTEIN, intra / Urbem. a. Palatium Comit. de Windischgraez. b. Palat. Comitum de Stahrenberg.
Bez. unten Mitte: Privil S.C.M.
Bez. unten rechts: I. A. Corvinus sculps.
Bez. unten rechts: Prospect dess HochFürstl. Liechtensteinischen Hausses in der Stadt. a. Gr. Windischgrätz. / b. Gräffl. Starmbergische Gebäude. c. Das schwarze Thor.
- Provenance
- acquired in 1883 by Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein
- Place depicted
- Liechtenstein City palace on Bankgasse
- Iconography
- Veduta , Architectural depiction
Ausst.-Kat. Masterworks from the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Kräftner (Hg.), The National Art Center, Tokyo 3.10.2012–23.12.2012; The Museum of Art, Kochi 5.1.2013–7.3.2013; Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto 19.3.2013–9.6.2013, erschienen Tokyo 2012
Ausst.-Kat. Princely Treasures from the House of Liechtenstein, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore 27.6.2013–29.9.2013, erschienen Singapore 2013, S. 52, Abb. 52/53, Kat. 15
Ausst.-Kat. Rubens and Other Masters. Paintings, Sculptures and Objects of the Prince of Liechtenstein, National Museum of Korea, Seoul 12.12.2015–10.4.2016, erschienen Seoul 2015, S. 216, Kat.-Nr. 10
Herbert Haupt, Ein Herr von Stand und Würde. Fürst Johann Adam Andreas von Liechtenstein (1657–1712), Johann Kräftner (Hg.), Wien 2016, Abb. S. 211
