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Glorification of the 'Monarchia Austriaca'
Gregorio Guglielmi1760
Schönbrunn Palace
Vienna, Austria
The central ceiling fresco of the Great Gallery represents the glorification of the ‘Monarchia Austriaca’. Enthroned at its centre are the imperial couple Maria Theresa and Franz I Stephan surrounded by personifications of a ruler’s virtues. Arranged in an oval around this central group are allegorical representations of the most important Crown Lands of the Monarchy.
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- Title: Glorification of the 'Monarchia Austriaca'
- Creator Lifespan: 1714 - 1773
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: St Petersburg
- Creator Birth Place: Rome
- Date: 1760
- Process/technique: Painted
- Painter: Gregorio Guglielmi
- Epoch: 2nd half of 18th century
- Ceiling painting: Schönbrunn Palace, Schönbrunn Palace
- Provenance: Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.mb.H.
- Type: Fresco
- External Link: http://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/things-to-know/palace/tour-of-the-palace/great-gallery.html
- Medium: Fresco
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