Lot Essay
Charles (1685-1740), younger son of Emperor Leopold I, succeeded his brother Joseph I in 1711 under the name of Charles VI. He was the father of the future Empress Maria Theresia (see lot 147).
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SCHOOL OF DINGLINGER, circa 1725/1730
Charles VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, with a curled long brown wig, wearing a pink-lined gold embroidered cloak fixed over his silvered armour with a jewelled gold chain, decorated with the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in the right-hand background; enamel on copper, oval -- 55 mm high, minor damage
Charles VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, with a curled long brown wig, wearing a pink-lined gold embroidered cloak fixed over his silvered armour with a jewelled gold chain, decorated with the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in the right-hand background; enamel on copper, oval -- 55 mm high, minor damage