Gottfried van Swieten
Dutch noble, diplomat, librettist and music patron (1733-1803) · Netherlands · Writers · Died at 69
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Something wrong?Gottfried Freiherr van Swieten was a Dutch-born diplomat, librarian, and government official who served the Holy Roman Empire during the 18th century.
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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
Joseph Haydn as portrayed by Thomas Hardy, 1792
1801 engraving by Johann Joseph Neidl after a now-lost portrait by Gandolph Ernst Stainhauser von Treuberg, ca. 1800In their orbit
Father: Gerard van SwietenAbout this person
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 best remembered today as the patron of several great composers of the Classical era, including Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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