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Vitrine EXTRA #6

PITCH BLACK – COLOURFUL?

Current research on polychromy in antiquity

21 February to 31 August 2025

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Mithras slaying the bull (False-color composite based on a a multispectral image), Votive Relief, ca. 200 AD, Roman, Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Kunsthistorisches Museum © KHM-Museumsverband

The special presentation Vitrine EXTRA,  which periodically showcases different ancient objects as temporary additions to the permanent exhibition at the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, explores the colorful traces of Greco-Roman antiquity in its sixth edition. Based on a relief depicting the god of light, Mithras, the presentation highlights the vibrant polychromy of Roman statues and monuments – impressively showcasing how colorful they originally were!


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21 February 2025
to 31 August 2025

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Raum XIV
Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien


Opening times
Tue – Sun, 10 a.m.–6 p.m
Thursdays, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.
Closed on mondays

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Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Room XIV


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