Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany, facing left in gold bordered grey coat, lace cravat, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece and the star of the Order of St-Stephen of Tuscany, powdered hair en queue

Archduke Ferdinand (1769-1824), second son of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, was a brother of Archdukes Franz and Charles (see lots 114 and 58). He succeeded his father as Grand Duke of Tuscany under the name of Ferdinand III, in 1791. In 1799, he had to flee from the French troops and did not return to Florence until his Grand Duchy had been restored to him under the Congress of Vienna.