CIRCLE OF FÜGER, circa 1790

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. SALI GUGGENHEIM, ZÜRICH

细节

CIRCLE OF FÜGER, circa 1790

Emperor Francis I of Austria (1768-1835) as a young Archduke, with short curly powdered wig, black wig-bag and solitaire, wearing a white uniform with "Pompadour-red" collar, white lace jabot, and silver-grey waistcoat, decorated with the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece; blue sky background; oval -- 57 mm high, gilt-metal frame with engraved ribbon-twist border.

来源

Formerly in the collection of Katharina Schratt (1855-1940), famous actress at the Wiener Burgtheater and friend of Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria and his wife Sissi; her sale, Lucerne, Galerie Fischer, 21-25 November 1950, lot 727, illustr. pl. 17.

拍品专文

In this miniature, the future Emperor is depicted wearing the uniform of an Oberst-Inhaber of the Second Regiment of the Carabiniers, which in 1798 was transformed into the First Regiment of the Cuirassiers (Kaiser-Kürassiere). Franz owned this regiment from 1790 until his death in 1835. We are indebted to Georges Englebert, Vienna, for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.