The Innerer Burgplatz in Vienna
1652 | Samuel van Hoogstraten
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.
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.
Artist:
Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627 - 1678 Dordrecht) DNB
Time:
1652
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Dutch
Material/technology:
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
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1752
Provenance
Since its creation in imperial possession