Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg was an Austrian and Czech diplomat and statesman in the Habsburg monarchy. A proponent of enlightened absolutism, he held the office of State Chancellor for ab
Portrait by Liotard in 1762, wearing the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Prince Kaunitz's Slavkov Castle
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, c. 1750 – c. 1752
Prince Kaunitz-Rietberg (part of the Maria Theresa Monument in Vienna)
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria was a member of the House of Habsburg who governed the Austrian Netherlands in the name of her elder sister, Empress Maria Theresa.
Portrait by Johann Gottfried Auerbach, c. 1744
Maria Anna with Archducal coronet by Frans van Stampart, c. 1725
Archduchess Maria Anna in 1729, by Andreas Møller. The flowers which she carries in the uplifted folds of her dress represent her fertility and expectations to bear children in adulthood.