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Caryatids representing old men flank the stairs to the upper gallery of the library at Fuerstenzell monastery. After 1733
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Caryatids representing old men flank the stairs to the upper gallery of...

Poet and dramatist Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872). Canvas,painted 1872 by Franz Axmann.
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Poet and dramatist Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872). Canvas,painted 1872 by F...

Self-portrait of painter Rudolf von Alt (1812-1905) Watercolour,35,5 x 27,9 cm. Christmas 1890.
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Self-portrait of painter Rudolf von Alt (1812-1905) Watercolour,35,5 x 27,9...

An old woman dreaming of past Christmas celebrations. Print
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An old woman dreaming of past Christmas celebrations. Print

Garden of a monastery in the Fruska Gora mountains, Serbia. The monasteries are now museums, but the gardens are tended by elderly people who may use the fruit and vegetables they plant.
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Garden of a monastery in the Fruska Gora mountains, Serbia. The monasteries are...

Haydn House in Gumpendorf, today Haydngasse 19, Vienna. Haydn lived here during his last years until his death in 1809, when Napoleon's troops occupied Vienna.
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Haydn House in Gumpendorf, today Haydngasse 19, Vienna. Haydn lived here during...

Shortly before his death, in 1809, Joseph Haydn listens to the performance of his "Creation" in Vienna's Old University. Too weak to walk, he was carried to the concert in an armchair. Print after a lost contemporary watercolour.
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Shortly before his death, in 1809, Joseph Haydn listens to the performan...

Elisabeth,Empress of Austria-Hungary,in a rare photo in later years.Exceptionally,she wears her hair in a bun and not the magnificent tresses of the early portraits. With her is Ida Ferenczy, lady-in-waiting. 1891,seven years before the Empress was assassinated in Geneva.
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Elisabeth,Empress of Austria-Hungary,in a rare photo in later years.Exceptionall...

Pope Paul III Farnese (1468-1549). Canvas, 89 x 78 cm,painted after 1546. Inv.99
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Pope Paul III Farnese (1468-1549). Canvas, 89 x 78 cm,paint...

Memory,leaning on a piedestal,conversing with Old Age.Detail of one of the panels of a wardrobe, France,1617. Walnut,255 x 178 cm
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Memory,leaning on a piedestal,conversing with Old Age.Detail of one o...

Hours of the Connetable Anne de Montmorency(1493-1567) France,1549,MS 1476/1943. fol.40 verso:Susannah and the Elders
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Hours of the Connetable Anne de Montmorency(1493-1567) France,1549,MS 1476/1943...

Portrait of an old man,full-face,with cap. Silver nib,white wash on pink-coloured paper. 29,5 x 21 cm INV 1779 recto
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Portrait of an old man,full-face,with cap. Silver nib,white wash on...