Lot Essay
Professor Pernthaller was the governor of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. Maximilian born in Vienna in 1832, accepted the Crown of Mexico in 1864.
Details
Alois von Anreiter (1803-1882)
Professor Pernthaller, in black suit, purple waistcoat, white shirt and black cravat, seated half-length, holding a book in his left hand, a quill and inkstand on a table beside him
signed and dated 1856, gilt-metal mount within rectangular folding tooled leather case
oval, 4 3/4in. (121mm.) high
Professor Pernthaller, in black suit, purple waistcoat, white shirt and black cravat, seated half-length, holding a book in his left hand, a quill and inkstand on a table beside him
signed and dated 1856, gilt-metal mount within rectangular folding tooled leather case
oval, 4 3/4in. (121mm.) high
Provenance
Ernst Blumka
Exhibited
Albertina, Vienna, 1924, no. 39