Lot Essay
A smaller, circular version of the present portrait is illustrated in Henninger-Tavcar 1995, p. 191 (formerly also in the collection of Ernst Holzscheiter).
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Details
Heinrich Friedrich Füger (Austro-German, 1751-1818)
A lady in white dress with blue sash, standing in a woodland, holding a book
On ivory
Oval, 170 mm. high, ormolu frame
A lady in white dress with blue sash, standing in a woodland, holding a book
On ivory
Oval, 170 mm. high, ormolu frame
Provenance
With Leo R. Schidlof, from whom acquired by Ernst Holzscheiter in Paris, 8 May 1935 (inv. nos. MD/0072 and 230).
Literature
Schidlof 1964, I, p. 274, II, p. 959, illustrated III, pl. 226, no. 439.
Keil 2009, p. 243, no. WV148, illustrated in colour pl. 17.
Keil 2009, p. 243, no. WV148, illustrated in colour pl. 17.
Exhibited
Geneva 1956, no. 171.
Vienna 1965, no. 152.
Vienna 1965, no. 152.
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