Lot 122
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HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)
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HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)

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HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)
Countess Mária Anna Esterházy de Galántha, née Pálffy de Erdöd (1747-1799), seated in a landscape, in red and gold shot-silk dress with white upstand lace collar and cuffs, gauze veil draped over her right shoulder and white shawl draped over plinth on which her left hand and right arm rests, her powdered hair dressed with black ostrich plumes, wearing a gold locket on a chain around her neck; foliate background
signed and dated 'Füger. p. 1786.' (lower left)
on ivory
oval, 6½ in. (165 mm.) high, ormolu easel-stand frame with inner beaded border
Provenance
Countess Moritz Esterházy, née Countess Paula Stockau (1858-1937), Vienna, in 1905.
Literature
F. Laban, Heinrich Friedrich Füger, der Porträtminiaturist, Berlin, 1905, no. 47, p. 53, illustrated pl. XI, no. 1.
The present, or another version:
E. Leisching, Die Bildnis-Miniatur in Österreich von 1750 bis 1850, Vienna, 1907, p. 114, pl. VIII, no. 41.
R. Keil, Heinrich Friedrich Füger 1751-1818, Vienna, 2009, p. 240, no. 139, illustrated.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

The husband of Countess Paula Esterházy, who owned the miniatures in 1905 when Laban published his monograph on Füger, was Count Moritz II Esterházy, a great-grandson of the present sitter and her spouse Count Johann Esterházy, who is depicted in the previous lot.

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