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Allegory of a Prize Ceremony at the Vienna Academy under Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg
Datec. 1790

Artist Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724 Langenargen – 1796 Wien)

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Object typePainting
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions
54 × 70 cm
Signatureunlabelled
Inventory number4573
Location Currently not on display
In his old age, Maulbertsch again reflected on the role of the Academy as a center of art. At the front of the pictorial stage we see a riotous array of mythological figures. Riding on a chariot, Chronos, the god of time, manages to overcome envy and pave the way for the personifications of the arts. Truth, in the form of a naked woman, awaits them with a prize in her hand. The passage of time thus brings the truth to light, and with it the best art. All this takes place symbolically within the context of the Academy, as indicated by the industrious students in the background and the medallion of Prince Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg, protector of the Vienna Academy, in the top right-hand corner.

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