ATTRIBUTED TO IGNAZ WEISS (GERMAN, 1740-1814)

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ATTRIBUTED TO IGNAZ WEISS (GERMAN, 1740-1814)
Maximilian III Joseph (1727-1777), Elector of Bavaria 1745-1777, in silvered armour with a blue-lined red velvet cloak draped over his left shoulder, his white-powdered hair dressed in curls and falling in long coils on to his shoulders, wearing the blue and white moiré sash of the Royal Bavarian Order of St George and the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece; cloudy sky background
on vellum
oval, 3.1/8 in. (79 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with tied ribbon surmount

Provenance

A lady of title; Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1994, lot 150.

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Lot Essay

The sitter succeeded his father, Emperor Charles VII of the Holy Roman Empire, as Elector of Bavaria in 1745, recognising Empress Maria-Theresa's rights over the Holy Roman Empire. Like his father, he was an important patron of the arts.

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