Lot Essay
Another version is in the Albertina, Vienna, illustrated in N. Keil, Die Miniaturen der Albertina in Wien, Vienna, 1977, no. 238.
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Francis I (1768-1835), Emperor of Austria 1806-1835, 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 Theresa, 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, short curly grey hair
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ROBERT THEER (AUSTRIAN, 1808-1863)
Francis I (1768-1835), Emperor of Austria 1806-1835, 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 Theresa, 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, short curly grey hair
signed 'Robert Theer' (mid-right)
oval, 2 in. (50 mm.) high, rectangular stamped gilt-metal frame
Francis I (1768-1835), Emperor of Austria 1806-1835, 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 Theresa, 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, short curly grey hair
signed 'Robert Theer' (mid-right)
oval, 2 in. (50 mm.) high, rectangular stamped gilt-metal frame
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