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Portrait of Emmanuel Rio, 1836. Creator: Albert Schindler

Portrait of Emmanuel Rio, 1836. [Rio was an enslaved Brazilian of African descent who was enrolled in an elite private school in Vienna by Emperor Francis I. Rio excelled in French, Italian, drawing, and especially music. He is shown here holding a French horn]

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Allegory of the Foglia River with the city of Pesaro's coat of arms, frontispiece for

Allegory of the Foglia River with the city of Pesaro's coat of arms, frontispiece for Il Pesarese, ca. 1639

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Le Joueur de Flageolet (The Flageolet Player), from Varie Figure Gobbi

Le Joueur de Flageolet (The Flageolet Player), from Varie Figure Gobbi, suite appelee aussi Les Bossus, Les Pygmees, Les Nains Grotesques (Various Hunchbacked Figures, The Hunchbacks, The Pygmes, The Grotesque Dwarfs), 1616-22

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