Albrecht Dürer, “Hare,” 1502
This from today’s Austrian Times:
Heavy rain also came close to causing a catastrophe at Vienna’s
Albertina Museum. Water leaking into its storage area threatened
serious damage to a number of priceless works by artists such as Gustav
Klimt, Egon Schiele and Michelangelo.The museum issued a
statement saying: “Appropriate measures have been taken to guarantee
the security of the works of art. Nothing has happened. A total of 100
works of art have been moved to a secure site.”The Vienna fire department has covered the museum’s roof with waterproof material to prevent more leakage.
And this from Reuters:
Vienna’s Albertina Museum, home to landmark Impressionist works by
Monet and Renoir, will start removing 950,000 artworks from its leaking
underground depot following some of Austria’s heaviest downpours in 50
years.
The gallery, which remains open, will start moving the works on
Thursday, including pieces by Flemish painter Rubens and Italian master
Michelangelo.
“There has not been any damage to the works so far,” gallery spokeswoman Verena Dahlitz said on Wednesday.
One of the 200-year-old gallery’s most important pieces, a delicate
watercolour of a hare by Albrecht Dürer from 1502 [above], has already been
saved.