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Hand-colored etching of a long palace with a slate roof and a courtyard filled with small figures in period dress and carriages under a cloudy sky.

Le Palais de Cesar dans le Faubourg a Vienne appellé Favorita (The Caesar's Palace outside Vienna, called Favorita)

A long, hand-colored etching shows a large multi-story palace with a steep slate roof and rows of tall windows, fronted by a broad courtyard. Small colored figures in period dress walk, ride, and drive carriages across the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 1750 – 1800
Medium
Hand-colored etching on paper, laid down; verso: multicolored textile and thread pieces adhered to support
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
4000 × 2755 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1805).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Palacio de la Favorita en las afueras de Viena, grabado coloreado a mano

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