Lot Essay
This expressive portrait can be compared to a miniature of an actress of the same period, about 1795, illustrated in A. Stix, H. F. Fger, Vienna and Leipzig, 1925, no. 57, colour pl. XLIX.
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A young Lady, facing left in grey silk dress with white muslin fichu and silver-embroidered belt, grey-powdered curly hair; foliage background
Details
HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (1751-1818)
A young Lady, facing left in grey silk dress with white muslin fichu and silver-embroidered belt, grey-powdered curly hair; foliage background
oval, 36 in. (85 mm.) high, cast gilt-bronze mount on a rectangular veneered fruitwood panel
A young Lady, facing left in grey silk dress with white muslin fichu and silver-embroidered belt, grey-powdered curly hair; foliage background
oval, 36 in. (85 mm.) high, cast gilt-bronze mount on a rectangular veneered fruitwood panel
Provenance
The Imperial Family of Austria.
Mr E. Herzfelder; Glckselig and Wawra, Vienna, 12-14 March 1929, lot 357.
Mr E. Herzfelder; Glckselig and Wawra, Vienna, 12-14 March 1929, lot 357.