Launched by Emperor Rudolf II, an intensive collector of art from artists across the Holy Roman Empire, the collection once amounted to 3000 pieces. The ensuing years saw much of Rudolf’s collection dispersed throughout the continent. Today, European paintings from the 15th-18th centuries are on display, a fraction of what was Rudolf’s and boosted by additional purchases through the years. Highlights include Titian’s The Toilet of a Young Lady and Rubens’ The Assembly of the Olympic Gods.
