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Gala dinner in honour of the wedding of Crownprince Joseph (later Emperor Joseph II) and Princess Isabella of Parma, at Schoenbrunn Palace, Vienna, in 1760. At the head of the table the bridegroom's parents, Emperor Franz Stephan and Empress Maria Theresia.
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Gala dinner in honour of the wedding of Crownprince Joseph (later Emperor Jo...

Empress Maria Theresia during the "Damenkarussell" (Ladies' Tournament) on Jan 2,1743, in celebration of the retreat of French and Bavarian troops from Bohemia. The Empress (1717-1780) led the first quadrille. Oil on canvas, 350 x 420 cm. Inv. 7500
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Empress Maria Theresia during the "Damenkarussell" (Ladies' Tournament) on...

Emperor Joseph II (1741-1790), oldest son of Empress Maria Theresia and Emperor Franz Stephan. The "revolutionary on the throne" was a contemporary of the French Revolution, whose prominent victim was his sister Marie-Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI. Canvas, 38 x 28 cm
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Emperor Joseph II (1741-1790), oldest son of Empress Maria Theresia and Emperor...

Archduke Karl's victory over Napoleon I at Aspern near Vienna, May 21/22, 1809. In the foreground a model of the "Lion of Aspern", the monument commemorating the battle, and an Austrian and a French flag.
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Archduke Karl's victory over Napoleon I at Aspern near Vienna, May 21/22, 1809....

Camillo Benso Cavour, Count (1810-1861), Italian statesman, cofounder of the newspaper "Il Risorgimento" which gave its name to the movement for Italian unity. 1852 Prime Minister of Piemont-Sardinia; 1860/61 in- strumental in the unification of Italy.
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Camillo Benso Cavour, Count (1810-1861), Italian statesman, cofounder of...

"Niemals Zurueck!" Two Austrian officers, Julius von Payer(1852-1915) and Karl Weyprecht (1838-1881), discovered and named Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic in 1873/1874.
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"Niemals Zurueck!" Two Austrian officers, Julius von Payer(1852-1915) and Kar...

Franz Gruber, schoolteacher in Arnsdorf, Austria. When the old organ broke down one Christmas, the Parish priest Joseph Mohr wrote a few verses and asked Gruber to compose a simple melody that could be accompanied on the guitar.The song "Silent Night,holy night" was born.
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Franz Gruber, schoolteacher in Arnsdorf, Austria. When the old organ broke...

Ladislaus "Postumus", King of Hungary and Bohemia, born 1440, four months after the death of his father King Albrecht II. Betrothed to Magdalena, daughter of King Charles VII of France in 1457, he died that same year. Parchment on wood, 32x27 cm Inv. 2984
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Ladislaus "Postumus", King of Hungary and Bohemia, born 1440, four months a...

Charles le Temeraire (the Bold), Duke of Burgundy (1433-1477), tried to establish an independent kingdom between France and the Holy Roman Empire. He died in the battle of Nancy. His only child and heir, Marie, married Habsburg Emperor Maximilian I. Copy, Inv.7011
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Charles le Temeraire (the Bold), Duke of Burgundy (1433-1477), tried to es...

Emperor Karl V (1500-1558),"in whose realm the sun never set", as he had inherited Spain's new overseas territories together with the crown of Spain. Canvas, 203,5 x 123 cm Inv. A 114
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Emperor Karl V (1500-1558),"in whose realm the sun never set", as he had i...

Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol (1529-1595),son of Emperor Ferdinand I. He married commoner Philippine Welser, of the rich merchant family and rebuilt Castle Ambras in Tyrol,as a museum for his collection of art and curios. Canvas, 184 x 89 cm, 1548 Inv. 5947
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Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol (1529-1595),son of Emperor Ferdinand I. He married...

King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), son of Emperor Karl V and Isabella of Portugal. A stern and unyielding catholic, he fought the reformation. During his rule Spain became the foremost Christian power in Europe. Canvas (1568), 66 x 47 cm Inv. 9375
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King Philip II of Spain (1527-1598), son of Emperor Karl V and Isabella of P...