Lot 90
90
AUSTRIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1730/40
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AUSTRIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1730/40

Elisabeth Christine (1691-1750), Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, holding a painted oval profile portrait of her husband Emperor Charles VI, seated in a green upholstered chair, in embroidered pale blue silk dress with lace sleeves, red-lined yellow figured cloak draped around her shoulders, drop-pearl earring and gold crown in her upswept powdered hair; pillar and draped grey curtain with tassels

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AUSTRIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1730/40
Elisabeth Christine (1691-1750), Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, holding a painted oval profile portrait of her husband Emperor Charles VI, seated in a green upholstered chair, in embroidered pale blue silk dress with lace sleeves, red-lined yellow figured cloak draped around her shoulders, drop-pearl earring and gold crown in her upswept powdered hair; pillar and draped grey curtain with tassels
on parchment
rectangular, 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (104 x 80 mm.), gilt-wood frame
Provenance
Christie's, London, 30 April 1996, lot 33.
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Lot Essay

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was married to the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740). They were the parents of Empress Maria Theresa (see lots 84 and 89), and the grandparents of Queen Marie-Antoinette of France (see lot 119).

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