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
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
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.
Gottfried van Swieten
…Beethoven. Van Swieten was born Godefridus Bernardus "Godfried" van Swieten in Leiden and grew up in the Dutch Republic to the age of 11. His father, Gerard van Swieten, was a physician who achieved a high reputation for raising standards of scientific research and instruction in the field of medicine. In 1745, the…
Gerard van Swieten Kaiserbild
Gerard van Swieten on the Maria Theresia Memorial, Vienna
Medal of 1772 featuring Van Swieten