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Vienna, Schiele, and Rubens: how I put the pieces of my memory back together

A return to Vienna to say goodbye to Erni Mangold becomes a journey into the objects that describe us. From Egon Schiele's personal display cabinet to the Rubens drawings at the Albertina, Isabella Goldmann explains why a true souvenir is bought only for love, and why those who travel with their senses wide open bring home colored tiles for the mosaic of our memory.

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Egon Schiele in piedi davanti alla sua grande vetrina piena di oggetti, libri e ricordi

Vetrinetta di Egon Schiele

Ritratto di Clara Serena Rubens (detta anche Ritratto di una cameriera o Giovane donna della corte dell'Infanta) di Peter Paul Rubens

Ritratto di Nicolaas Rubens con una collana di corallo di Peter Paul Rubens

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