LOT DETAILS
Materials:
on ivory
Measurements:
6.18 in. (15.70 cm.) (height)
Description:
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Condition:
rectangular gilt-wood frame with applied foliate spandrels
Exhibited:
Vienna, K. K. Akademie der bildenden Künste, Historische Kunst-Ausstellung, 1877, no. 1881 (lent by Herrn von Friedland). Vienna, Künstlerhaus, Historische Porträt-Ausstellung, 1880, no. 121 (lent by Herrn von Friedland). Vienna, Palais des k. k. Ministerrats-Präsidiums, Miniaturen-Ausstellung, 1905, no. 2047 (lent by Theresia Mayr).
Literature:
F. Laban, Heinrich Friedrich Füger, der Portätminiaturist, Berlin, 1905, p. 40, no. 3 (praised as 'one of the most magnificent Füger-miniatures'), illustrated p. 14, fig. 8. E. Leisching, Die Bildnis-Miniatur in Oesterreich von 1750 bis 1850, Vienna, 1907, pp. 115, 238. A. Stix, H. F. Füger, Vienna and Leipzig, 1925, p. 87. J. de Bourgoing, Die Wiener Bildnisminiatur, Vienna, 1926, p. 29, ill. pl. II. L. R. Schidlof, The Miniature in Europe, Graz, 1964, I, p. 275 (praised as 'excellent'). R. Keil, Heinrich Friedrich Füger 1751-1818, Vienna, 2009, p. 279, no. 253, illustrated.
Provenance:
Herr von Friedland Collection, Vienna, by 1877/1880. Moriz Mayr (1841-1898) Collection, Vienna. His wife Therese Mayr, Vienna, by 1905/1926; sale 'Miniaturensammlung Moriz Mayr'; C. J. Wawra, Vienna, 16 May 1927, lot 44.