The Innerer Burgplatz in Vienna
1652, Artist: Samuel van Hoogstraten
The Innerer Burgplatz in Vienna
Hoogstraten stayed about two years in Vienna (1651/53), working for Emperor Ferdinand III. The latter presumably commissioned this view of the Innerer Burgplatz (inner square of the Hofburg Palace), looking towards the north-west and the Amalienburg wing, which was built for Rudolf II. Hoogstraten reveals his preference for a mixture of painting and reality that deceives the eye in the slip of paper painted as trompe l’oeil with the signature of the painter on the black frame, which is also a deception.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Dutch
Dated
1652
Artist
Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627 - 1678 Dordrecht) - GND
Material
oak wood
Dimensions
79 x 84,5 cm
Framed: 81,6 cm × 88 cm × 4,4 cm
Signed
Inscribed at the top of a note: Samuel van Hoogstraten 1652
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 1752
Provenance
Since its creation in imperial possession
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