拍品 107
107
THE PROPERTY OF A UNIVERSITY
LOUIS DE SILVESTRE II* (1675-1760)

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LOUIS DE SILVESTRE II* (1675-1760)

Portrait of Maria Josepha, Queen of Poland, Electress of Saxony, and Archduchess of Austria, standing three-quarter length, wearing a white satin dress with gold embroidery and a fur collar, with a crown, an orb and sceptre on a red velvet pillow, and a parrot eating grapes on a ledge

oil on canvas
57½ x 44in. (146 x 111.8cm.)

拍品專文

Maria Josepha was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph I. In 1719 she married Augustus III of Poland (1696-1763), whose reign witnessed one of the greatest periods of disorder in Poland.

Silvestre painted the King and Queen on several occasions, and many workshop replicas exist. A version of the present lot is recorded at Schloss Goluchow, Poland, engraved by J.G. Schmidt in 1773. There is also an engraving of the same date for a companion piece of the King. In the present painting Maria Josepha appears noticeably younger than in the engraving, suggesting an earlier date