/internal/media/dispatcher/140695/fullAllegory of a Prize Ceremony at the Vienna Academy under Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietbergc. 1790[Franz Anton Maulbertsch]Franz Anton MaulbertschOil on wood 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.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/3367/rdf