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Van Swieten and others representing the theme `Arts and Science`, Empress Maria Theresa Monument, Vienna, Austria #134479051
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Pictured are statues representing the theme `Arts and Science` on the monumental Empress Maria Theresa Monument, Maria-Theresien-Platz, Vienna, Austria. In the front is Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician . In the background the men from left to right: Joseph Hilarius von Eckhel, Austrian Jesuit priest and numismatist. Gy̮̦rgy Pray, Hungarian Jesuit Abbot, canon, librarian of the University library of Buda and important historian. Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck, Austrian composer of Italian and French opera. Josef Haydn, Austrian composer. The boy`s head belongs to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.