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Italian organ grinders used to play in Luebeck around Christmas; in his novel "The Buddenbrooks", German writer Thomas Mann describes the scene. An Italian hand-organ of 1880 stands in one of the narrow streets of Old Luebeck. A Christmas tree is seen in the window.
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Italian organ grinders used to play in Luebeck around Christmas; in his novel...

Christmas Eve of a wealthy bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as described by Thomas Mann in his novel "The Buddenbrooks".
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Christmas Eve of a wealthy bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as...

Christmas Eve of a wealthy, bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as described by writer Thomas Mann in his novel "The Buddenbrooks".
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Christmas Eve of a wealthy, bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as...

Christmas morning of a wealthy Luebeck family, as described by German writer Thomas Mann in his novel "The Buddenbrooks".
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Christmas morning of a wealthy Luebeck family, as described by German writ...

Creche with the Adoration of the Magi, early 19th, in the house of Franz Gruber, composer of the world- famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy night".
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Creche with the Adoration of the Magi, early 19th, in the house of Franz Gr...

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...

The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy night" on the desk of composer and school teacher Franz Gruber in his house in Hallein,Austria.
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The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy...

Winter night in the village of Arnsdorf, Austria. It was here that the organ broke down before Christmas and school teacher Gruber composed a simple melody that could be accompanied on a guitar.The world's best loved Christmas song "Silent Night, Holy Night" was born.
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Winter night in the village of Arnsdorf, Austria. It was here that the organ...

Emperor Maximilian II (1527-1576) and his family, his wife Maria of Spain, his children Anna, Rudolf and Ernst. Canvas, 240 x 188 cm, 1553 Inv. 3448
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Emperor Maximilian II (1527-1576) and his family, his wife Maria of Spain, his...

King James I of England and Scotland (1566-1625). The son of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, he became King of Scotland after his mother's abdication. 1603, after the death of Elizabeth I, who had his mother executed, he became King of England. Canvas, 67x47 cm Inv. 9379
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King James I of England and Scotland (1566-1625). The son of Mary Stuart, Quee...

Anne of Denmark, Queen of England (1574-1619), wife of James I of England. Canvas, 66 x 55,5 cm Inv. 4421
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Anne of Denmark, Queen of England (1574-1619), wife of James I of England....

Charles I, King of England, (1600-1649), son of James I and Anne of Denmark. Charles I was beheaded in London in 1649, upon order of Oliver Cromwell and his purged parliament. Canvas, 103 x 81 cm, 1632 Inv. 483
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Charles I, King of England, (1600-1649), son of James I and Anne of Denmark. Cha...