Claudine, Countess von Hohenstein, facing right in white dress, twisted double strand pearl necklace, her brown hair dressed in ringlets

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RICHARD SCHWAGER (1822-1880)
Claudine, Countess von Hohenstein, facing right in white dress, twisted double strand pearl necklace, her brown hair dressed in ringlets
signed 'Schwager n Daffinger' (mid-right)
oval, 1 5/8 in. (42 mm.) high, gold frame with split-pearl border

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The sitter is Claudine, Countess of Hohenstein (1812-1841) née Countess Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde who married morganatically Alexander Duke of Württemberg, later Prince of Teck, in 1835. Claudine was killed aged 24, when thrown from a bolting horse and trampled by the Austrian cavalry. Their son Francis was the father of Queen Mary.

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Claudine, Countess of Hohenstein (1812-1841) née Countess Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde married morganatically Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, later Prince of Teck, in 1835. Claudine was killed aged 24, when thrown from a bolting horse and trampled by the Austrian cavalry. Their son Francis was the father of Queen Mary.
The present miniature is a variant after Daffinger's rectangular miniature sold at Phillips, London, 6 November 2000, lot 202.

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