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Prince Eugene of Savoy, Austrian Military Commander and Patron of the Arts (c. 1710)
Refused a military command by King Louis XIV of France (r. 1661-1715) on the grounds of “a weak constitution” [Memoirs of Prince Eugene of Savoy, translated by Frederic Shoberl. London, 1811.....
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Maria Theresa with her Husband Francis I and Crown Prince Joseph (Joseph II) (Mid-Eighteenth Century)
This painting shows Maria Theresa of Austria (r. 1740-80), her husband, Francis Stephan of Lorraine (Francis I, r. 1745-65), and Crown Prince Joseph (subsequently, Joseph....
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Leopold Joseph von Daun (18th Century)
Active as a field commander in the War of the Polish Succession (1733-38) and the Turkish Wars, Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705-66) went on to win a number of important military victories for Habsburg....
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Maria Theresa and Her Family on the Terrace of Schönbrunn Palace (c. 1755)
This painting shows Maria Theresa (r. 1740-80) with her family on the terrace of Schönbrunn Palace....
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Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg, Austrian Chancellor (1755)
In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the Holy Roman Empire and its Habsburg ruler, Leopold I (r. 1658-1705), faced the twin foreign threats of Louis XIV’s (r. 1661-1715) expansionism....
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Nikolaus Joseph von Esterházy (18th Century)
The Hungarian noble family Esterházy had a long history of supporting the Austrian Habsburgs. Nikolaus Joseph von Esterházy (1714-90) rose to become both an Austrian field marshal and a generous....
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The Schloss Hof, Garden Side (1759-60)
One of the hallmarks of absolutist rule in the Baroque era was the construction or refurbishment of elaborate summer residences. One such palace was Schloss Hof in Lower Austria, about 30 km (20....
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The Imperial Palace at Schönbrunn, Garden Side (1759-60)
Designed and constructed (but not completed) by the Baroque master builder Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723), the pleasure palace of Schönbrunn in Vienna served as a summer residence....
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