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Francis I was the eldest son of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and Grand Duke of Tuscany. He married Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria in 1736 (see preceeding lot).
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Francis Stephen (1708-1765), Holy Roman Emperor 1745-1760, standing beside a crown, facing left in gilt-studded armour, lace cravat, red-lined yellow cloak pinned at his left shoulder, long powdered curling wig, wearing the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended on a red ribbon about his neck
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AUSTRIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750
Francis Stephen (1708-1765), Holy Roman Emperor 1745-1760, standing beside a crown, facing left in gilt-studded armour, lace cravat, red-lined yellow cloak pinned at his left shoulder, long powdered curling wig, wearing the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended on a red ribbon about his neck
feigned oval, 2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) high in a rectangle 3 3/8 x 2 9/16 in. (85 x 65 mm.)
Francis Stephen (1708-1765), Holy Roman Emperor 1745-1760, standing beside a crown, facing left in gilt-studded armour, lace cravat, red-lined yellow cloak pinned at his left shoulder, long powdered curling wig, wearing the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended on a red ribbon about his neck
feigned oval, 2 7/8 in. (73 mm.) high in a rectangle 3 3/8 x 2 9/16 in. (85 x 65 mm.)
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