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)
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
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Ernst Gideon von Laudon, since 1759 Freiherr von Laudon, was an Austrian military officer of Baltic German descent and one of the most successful opponents of the Prussian king Frederick the Great.
Portrait, c. 1780
Portrait of Ernst Gideon's wife: Klara von Hagen, Bečváry castle
Laudon in victory pose at the Battle of Kunersdorf, 1878 portrait by Siegmund L'Allemand
Marble bust by Giuseppe Ceracchi