Lot Essay
THE PRESENT LOT IS A PARTIAL REPLICA OF A LARGER DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF MAXIMILIAN WITH HIS LORD IN WAITING, GRAF SEEAU (192 X 149CM.), SIGNED AND DATED 1750, IN THE RESIDENZ MUSEUM, MUNICH. IN THE LARGER PORTRAIT, SEEAU IS SEEN STANDING BEHIND MAXIMILIAN, WHO IS PORTRAYED IN THREE-QUARTER LENGTH (HERNMARCK, LOC. CIT., PL. XXIV)