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Daniel Gran's ceiling fresco in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library

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State Hall of the Austrian National Library (Prunksaal)Innere Stadt

The Cupola Fresco

Now showingPermanent collection€12

Daniel Gran's 1726–30 fresco in the 30-metre dome shows the apotheosis of Emperor Charles VI, borne up by Apollo and Hercules amid Habsburg symbols.

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On now All of October 2026

Also at State Hall of the Austrian National Library (Prunksaal)

The Global Power of Love. A Journey Through the Centuries20 March 2026 – 1 November 2026
The Special Exhibit: Erich Lessing: A Moment of Hope13 October 2026 – 10 January 2027
Bridge of Humanity. Austria and the 1956 Hungarian Uprising14 October 2026 – 10 January 2027

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Otto Meets Albertina exhibition image

Otto Meets Albertina

Albertina

Pablo Picasso, Buste de femme, 1940, Museum Berggruen Berlin

Picasso - Bacon: What It Feels Like to Be Human

Albertina

Alexandra Exter, sketch for the theatre play Salome, 1917

Her Story: Women Artists of the Albertina

Albertina

All exhibitions in Vienna this month Coming up in November

Nearby

Baroque facade of Palais Lobkowitz on Lobkowitzplatz, Vienna, home of the Theatermuseum

Theatermuseum (Palais Lobkowitz)

Music2 min walk

Exterior of the Albertina palace on Albertinaplatz, Vienna

Albertina

Facade of Palais Eskeles on Dorotheergasse, home of the Jewish Museum Vienna

Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)

Local History3 min walk

Heidi Horten Collection

Heidi Horten Collection

Image credits

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The Cupola FrescoPolitikaner / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Otto Meets AlbertinaCourtesy of Albertina
Picasso - Bacon: What It Feels Like to Be Human© Succession Picasso / Bildrecht, Vienna 2026, © Foto: bpk/Nationalgalerie, SMB, Museum Berggruen/ Jens Ziehe
Her Story: Women Artists of the AlbertinaCourtesy of Albertina
State Hall of the Austrian National Library (Prunksaal)Mirej / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT
Theatermuseum (Palais Lobkowitz)Gryffindor / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5
AlbertinaC.Stadler/Bwag, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Jewish Museum Vienna (Jüdisches Museum Wien)Sonja Bachmayer / Jewish Museum Vienna, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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