Friday, June 27, 2014

Albertina

On what is left of the old city walls, right behind the Opera building,
and next to the Imperial Palace is the Albertina.
It was the home of Archduchess Marie Christine, 
favorite daughter of Maria Theresia, 
and sister of Marie Antoinette.
She married Albert von Sachsen Teschen,
an avid collector of the arts and founder of the Albertina.
 Albert owned the "Hare" by Albrecht Dürer,
which is out of the vault on on display for the first time in many years now.
 We found a sphinx,
 and another hare,
and then we had a sausage.

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