Image: Allegory of peace and heaven - Prunksaal - Austrian National Library

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Description: Prunksaal: allegory of peace and heaven. Ceiling painting made by Daniel Gran (1694-1757) and finished in 1730. The State hall of the Austrian National Library [1] was designed and started by Johann Fischer von Erlach [2] and finished by his son Joseph Emanuel [3] was finished in 1726. The frescoes reflect the division of the Prunksaal, after the original list of the books, into a "war-law" and a "peace-heaven" wings. The barock program for the fresco was done by Conrad Adolph von Albrecht (1682–1751)
Title: Allegory of peace and heaven - Prunksaal - Austrian National Library
Credit: Own work
Author: Alberto Fernandez Fernandez
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
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