Belvedere Vienna

The Belvedere is the work of Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. He devoted some 10 years of his life to the construction of his best work. The beautifully landscaped gardens on three levels are by a French landscape architect, Dominique Gerard. The monumental Baroque structures, including the Orangery of the Lower Belvedere, are home to the Austrian Baroque Museum, the Museum of Medieval Art and the Museum of 19th and 20th Century Austrian Art. In the Lower Belveder, you can find the paintings and sculpture of the Austrian masters including J. M. Rottmayr, Martino Altomonte, Daniel Gran, Paul Troger, Georg Rapael Donner and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. In the Upper Belvedere, you will see work by Richard Gerstl, Gustav Klimt,Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele and Van Gogh.