Head of Italy's Uffizi art treasure to take over Austria's top museum

The Kunsthistorisches Museum is home to an important collection of German, Flemish and Italian masters from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance periods, such as Albrecht Duerer, Pieter Bruegel and Tizian.
When Schmidt takes over the museum in Vienna in 2019, he will also oversee the Habsburg Treasury, which contains the crown jewels of the former Austrian imperial family.
Schmidt previously worked at other leading institutions such as the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
In Vienna, the art expert succeeds current director Sabine Haag.
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