Ceiling frescoe

of the Hall of Ancestors, Castle Vranov nad Dyjí.

Work of Johann Michael Rottmayr called "Apotheosis of the Althan Family", 1695. In the center the genius of the family impersonated by a divine youth, Apollo, on a triumphal chariot and surrounded by four angels with Althan standards, on the circumference the heroes of Greek mythology.

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