Charles VI of Habsburg (1685-1740), Holy Roman Emperor 1711-1740, facing right in white-embroidered light brown coat, blue-lined matching cloak, lace bands, black hat decorated with gem set badge and blue feathers in his long brown curling wig, the Order of the Golden Fleece suspended from a diamond set pendant; jewelled crown to his right and curtain background

Charles VI, son of Emperor Leopold I and Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate-Neuburg, married Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbttel in 1708. For a miniature of their eldest daughter Empress Maria Theresia, see lot 17.
Four other miniatures of Emperor Charles VI are illustrated in R. Keil, Die Miniaturen des Hauses Habsburg, Vienna, 1999, no. 13-16, pp. 34-35.