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Gustav III, King of Sweden (1746-1792), assassinated during a fancy dress ball at the Stockholm Opera House by an officer, Jacob Johan Anckarstroem. Verdi used the King's assassination in his opera"Un ballo in maschera" Canvas, 135,5 x114,5 cm, 1771 Inv.2758
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Gustav III, King of Sweden (1746-1792), assassinated during a fancy dress ball a...

Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orleans as a boy (1725-1785), Duc de Chartres. Father of Philippe Orleans, who joined the Revolutionaries of 1789, took the name of "Philippe Egalite" and died on the guillotine in 1793. Canvas, 281 x 145.5 cm Inv. 3288
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Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orleans as a boy (1725-1785), Duc de Chartres. Fath...

Louis XVI, King of France, born 1754, died under the guillotine 1793. The King is shown here in his coronation robes with the order of the Saint Esprit. Canvas, 275,5 x 193,5 cm, 1779 Inv. 3444
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Louis XVI, King of France, born 1754, died under the guillotine 1793. The Kin...

Marie Antoinette, Archduchess, Queen of France (1755-1793), daughter of Empress Maria Theresia, sister of Emperor Joseph II. Died under the guillotine six months after her husband, Louis XVI. Canvas, 273 x 193,5 cm, 1778
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Marie Antoinette, Archduchess, Queen of France (1755-1793), daughter of...

Friedrich III, Emperor Holy Roman Empire (1415-1493) Milan, around 1500 Wood, 32.5 x 27 cm Inv. 4429
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Friedrich III, Emperor Holy Roman Empire (1415-1493) Milan, around 1500...

Double portraits of Philipp (1478-1506), aged 16 and his sister Margarete (1480-1530), aged 14. The siblings were the children of Emperor Maximilian I. Philip became King of Castile, Margarete Governor of the Netherlands. Wood, 36 x 22 cm, Inv. 4446, 4447
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Double portraits of Philipp (1478-1506), aged 16 and his sister Margarete...

Juana "the Mad", Queen of Castile and Aragon (1479-1555), daughter of the Catholic Kings Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. Wife of Philip le Bel, mother of Emperor Karl V. Wood, 36 x 24,5 cm Inv. 4450
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Juana "the Mad", Queen of Castile and Aragon (1479-1555), daughter of...

Emperor Karl V (1500-1558), aged 7, with his falcon. Through the conquest of territory in the newly discovered Americas, Karl V became the Emperor "in whose realm the sun never set". Wood, 49 x 35,5 cm Inv. 4430
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Emperor Karl V (1500-1558), aged 7, with his falcon. Through the conquest of...

Emperor Karl V (1500-1558) as a boy of 12. He wears a set of armour which his grandfather, Emperor Maximilian I, ordered for him in Augsburg. Wood, 60 x 42,5 cm Inv. 5618
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Emperor Karl V (1500-1558) as a boy of 12. He wears a set of armour which hi...

Emperor Karl V (1500-1558), aged 50. Through the acquisition, during his reign, of territories in the newly discovered Americas, Karl V became the Emperor "in whose realm the sun never set". Canvas, 204 x 108 cm Inv. 1533
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Emperor Karl V (1500-1558), aged 50. Through the acquisition, during his...

Archduchess Margarete (1480-1530), daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, betrothed to King Charles VIII of France, married Juan of Spain and, after his death, Philibert of Savoy. Governor of the Netherlands 1507-1530. Wood, 31 x 20 cm Inv. 5615
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Archduchess Margarete (1480-1530), daughter of Emperor Maximilian I, betrothed...

Archduchess Konstanze, Queen of Poland (1588-1631) daughter of Archduke Karl II Habsburg, ruler of Styria, Carinthia and Kraijna. Konstanze married King Sigismund III of Poland. Canvas, 114 x 87 cm Inv. 3306
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Archduchess Konstanze, Queen of Poland (1588-1631) daughter of Archduke Kar...