Lot 181
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SCHOOL OF GEORG DESMARÉES, CIRCA 1755
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SCHOOL OF GEORG DESMARÉES, CIRCA 1755

Maximilian III Joseph (1727-1777), Elector of Bavaria, seated in turquoise upholstered gilt-chair holding a cup and saucer with his black dog, in pink-lined pale green silk coat, white shirt with lace sleeves and lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, ermine, red velvet and Electoral pearl crown on a gilt-wood table beside him

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SCHOOL OF GEORG DESMARÉES, CIRCA 1755
Maximilian III Joseph (1727-1777), Elector of Bavaria, seated in turquoise upholstered gilt-chair holding a cup and saucer with his black dog, in pink-lined pale green silk coat, white shirt with lace sleeves and lace cravat, powdered wig en queue, ermine, red velvet and Electoral pearl crown on a gilt-wood table beside him
rectangular, 3 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (93 x 66 mm.), gilt-metal mount
Provenance
The Thurn and Taxis Collection, St. Emmeram Castle, Regensburg, inv. no. StE16049 (part); Sotheby's, Regensburg, 13 October 1993, lot 1302 (part).
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Lot Essay

The present miniature is copied after an oil portrait by Georg Desmarées, sold Christie's, New York, 21 May 1992, lot 166 (part) and again Christie's, New York, 19 May 1993, lot 153 (C. Hernmarck, Georg Desmarées, Uppsala, 1933, no. 135), which is a part copy after the famous double portrait by Desmarées depicting the Elector at breakfast together with his theatre director (and half-brother) Count Seeau, signed and dated 1755 (C. Hernmarck, op. cit., no. 134).

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