Gerard van Swieten
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Gerard van Swieten was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education.
Gerard van Swieten Kaiserbild
Gerard van Swieten on the Maria Theresia Memorial, Vienna
Medal of 1772 featuring Van Swieten
Gottfried van Swieten
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Gottfried Freiherr van Swieten was a Dutch-born diplomat, librarian, and government official who served the Holy Roman Empire during the 18th century. He was an enthusiastic amateur musician and is be
Gerard van Swieten
…physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education. He was the father of Gottfried van Swieten, patron of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Gerard van Swieten was the one surviving child of a prominent Catholic family in Leiden. His parents, the notary…
Swieten From Beethoven Haus Bonn
Prunksaal ("hall of splendor"), part of today's Austrian National Library, in the space of the former Imperial Library, of which van Swieten was head
Van Swieten, c. 1790
Mozart, about 1780. Detail of Mozart family portrait by Johann Nepomuk della Croce