Francis II (1768-1835), Holy Roman Emperor 1792-1806 and Emperor of Austria 1806-1835, facing left in white uniform with gold-embroidered facings and collar, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the sash and breast star of the Austrian Order of Maria Theresia, and the breast-stars of the Orders of St Stephen and Leopold, and the Iron Cross and the badge of the Army Cross of the 1813-1814 War against France, black stock
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Francis II (1768-1835), Holy Roman Emperor 1792-1806 and Emperor of Austria 1806-1835, facing left in white uniform with gold-embroidered facings and collar, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the sash and breast star of the Austrian Order of Maria Theresia, and the breast-stars of the Orders of St Stephen and Leopold, and the Iron Cross and the badge of the Army Cross of the 1813-1814 War against France, black stock
bearing signature 'Quaglia' (lower right)
oval, 1.15/16 in. (48 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Francis II (1768-1835), Holy Roman Emperor 1792-1806 and Emperor of Austria 1806-1835, facing left in white uniform with gold-embroidered facings and collar, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the sash and breast star of the Austrian Order of Maria Theresia, and the breast-stars of the Orders of St Stephen and Leopold, and the Iron Cross and the badge of the Army Cross of the 1813-1814 War against France, black stock
bearing signature 'Quaglia' (lower right)
oval, 1.15/16 in. (48 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame
Provenance
Dr Leopold Paur, Freiburg im Breisgau (in 1956); Lempertz, Cologne, 3 December 1968, lot 1513 (as by Quaglia).
Exhibited
Freiburg im Breisgau, Augustiner-Museum, Europische Bildnis-Miniaturen, 1956, no. 222 (as by Quaglia, lent by Dr Leopold Paur).