Lot Essay
THE ABOVE LOT IS AFTER FüGER'S MINIATURE OF COUNT IVAN CHERNISHEV, RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AT THE AUSTRIAN COURT, OF CIRCA 1783/1785. TWO VERSIONS ARE RECORDED, ONE IN THE ALBERTINA, VIENNA (ILLUSTRATED IN NORA KEIL, DIE MINIATUREN DER ALBERTINA IN WIEN, VIENNA, 1977, NO.125, ILL. P.82) AND ONE IN THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART (ILLUSTRATED IN WILLIAM M. MILLIKEN, LOUISE H. BURCHFIELD, ET AL, PORTRAIT MINIATURES, THE EDWARD B. GREENE COLLECTION, THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, CLEVELAND (OHIO, 1951) NO.79, ILL. PL.XL. HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FüGER (1751-1818) ALSO ENGRAVED THIS PORTRAIT AS A MEZZOTINT.