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 | | It was built between 1713 and 1716 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt for the Prince von Daun, and its only real competition comes a few yards farther on: the Greek-temple facade of the Schottenhof, which is at right angles to the Schottenkirche, up the street from the Kinsky Palace. |
 | | While this was built up on the then-outskirts of the city, Prince Johann Adam Andreas I felt that a mere "summer palace" (his gigantic winter palace was in the city center on Bankgasse) would not be grand enough. |
 | | Marie Antoinette's favorite court painter, Elisabeth Vignée-Lebrun is represented with portraits of Princess Karoline of Liechtenstein and Princess Hermenegilde of Liechtenstein, along with a glimpse of the French queen's ill-fated friend, the Princesse de Lamballe, fetchingly rendered by Anton Hickel. |
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