Authors: Brigitte Hamann
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Elisabeth’s death mask
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Franz Joseph outlived his beloved wife by eighteen years. Her portrait hung over his desk, both in the Hofburg in Vienna and at Schönbrunn. (Painting by Franz von Matsch)
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