Stucco decoration of the upper dome

3D Model

3D scan of the vault decoration in the central dome of the Natural History Museum Vienna. It shows a lion head on the apex of the vault as well as tendril motifs in the spandrels.

Object: Vault and Spandrel decorations

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

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Scanned and edited by V. Winkler & A. Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo.

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the BMWKMS