Leopold I (1640-1705), Holy Roman Emperor 1658-1705, in gilt-studded armour, white lace lawn collar, orange cloak fastened behind his right shoulder, long curling dark hair, moustache and slight beard; together with an enamel plaque colourfully painted with the coat-of-arms of the Garzoni family of Venice on a white ground (Continental School, 18th century)

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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1700
Leopold I (1640-1705), Holy Roman Emperor 1658-1705, in gilt-studded armour, white lace lawn collar, orange cloak fastened behind his right shoulder, long curling dark hair, moustache and slight beard; together with an enamel plaque colourfully painted with the coat-of-arms of the Garzoni family of Venice on a white ground (Continental School, 18th century)
enamel on gold and enamel on copper, respectively
oval, 1 3/16 in. (30 mm.) high and escutcheon-shaped, 1½ in. (39 mm.) high (2)

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Two similar enamels of the Emperor were in the Electoral Brandenburgian Kunstkammer in Berlin, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (see I. Geismeier/B. Burock, Miniaturen 16.-19. Jahrhundert, Berlin, 1986, p. 67, no. M.271 and p. 72, no. M.560, both illustrated in H. Bock et al., Gemäldegalerie Berlin: Gesamtverzeichnis, Berlin, 1996, p. 197, no. 376 and 378).

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