Lot Essay
The miniature by Daffinger is illustrated in E. Leisching, Die Bildnis-Miniatur in Österreich, Vienna, 1907, p. 188.
Princess Ida Schwarzenberg-Liechtenstein (b. 1839) as a child seated holding her brown and white dog, in white dress with pale blue sash, embroidered blue cashmere stole draped over the red upholstered chair; pillar and foliate background
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AFTER MORITZ MICHAEL DAFFINGER
Princess Ida Schwarzenberg-Liechtenstein (b. 1839) as a child seated holding her brown and white dog, in white dress with pale blue sash, embroidered blue cashmere stole draped over the red upholstered chair; pillar and foliate background
with signature 'Daffinger'
rectangular, 5 1/16 x 3 9/16 in. (128 x 91 mm.), ormolu mount within heavy ormolu frame
Princess Ida Schwarzenberg-Liechtenstein (b. 1839) as a child seated holding her brown and white dog, in white dress with pale blue sash, embroidered blue cashmere stole draped over the red upholstered chair; pillar and foliate background
with signature 'Daffinger'
rectangular, 5 1/16 x 3 9/16 in. (128 x 91 mm.), ormolu mount within heavy ormolu frame
Provenance
Christie's South Kensington, 18 April 1990, lot 87.
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