Portrait of Otto Carl Friedrich Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1758-1800), bust length, in a black velvet coat and a white chemise, in a feigned oval; and Portrait of Henriette Eleonore Elisabeth von Schönburg-Waldenburg, née Countess von Reus-Köstritz (1755-1829), half-length, in a beige dress with green silk ribbons and a white chemise and brown wrap, a green ribbon in her hair, in a feigned oval

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(2) After Anton Graff
Portrait of Otto Carl Friedrich Fürst von Schönburg-Waldenburg (1758-1800), bust length, in a black velvet coat and a white chemise, in a feigned oval; and Portrait of Henriette Eleonore Elisabeth von Schönburg-Waldenburg, née Countess von Reus-Köstritz (1755-1829), half-length, in a beige dress with green silk ribbons and a white chemise and brown wrap, a green ribbon in her hair, in a feigned oval
the first dated and inscribed '1903/cop. n. Graff.' and inscribed with a crown symbol (lower left) and inscribed with the inventory number MO164 (in green) on the stretcher; the second dated and inscribed '1903./cop:n. Vogel.' and inscribed with a crown symbol (lower right) and with the inventory number MO187 on the stretcher
oil on canvas, unframed
83.9 x 66.4 cm. and smaller (2)

Provenance

Confiscated from Schloss Guteborn and brought to the depot at Gallerie Dresden, 1945.
Restituted to the heirs of the Schönburg-Waldenburg family, 2003.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The composition of Otto Carl Friedrich is after the painting from circa 1790 (E. Berckenhagen, Anton Graff: Leben und Werk, Berlin, 1967, p. 327, fig. 1231). The portrait of Henriette Eleonore Elisabeth is after another hand.

The sitters married on 9 December 1779. Otto von Schönburg-Waldenburg was born in Waldburg on 2 February 1758 and died on 29 January 1800 at Schloss Lichtenstein.

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