HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)

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HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)
Archduchess Maria Clementine of Austria (1777-1801) in blue surcoat over white dress, blue floral wreath in her powdered hair
on ivory
oval, 2? in. (74 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with laureate border and foliate surmount

Provenance

According to the Josef von Flesch sale catalogue, the Dukes of Parma.
Josef von Flesch (1871-1928) Collection, Vienna; (+) C. J. Wawra, Vienna, 12-13 May 1930, lot 31.
Lempertz, Cologne, 29 March 1950, lot 148.
With Hans E. Backer, London, between 1950 and 1954.
Greta Shield Heckett (1899-1976) Collection, Pittsburgh, Pa.; part I, Sotheby's, Monaco, 4 May 1977, lot 69.

Literature

J. de Bourgoing, Die Wiener Bildnisminiatur, Vienna, 1926, p. 30, illustrated pl. 13.
R. Keil, Heinrich Friedrich Füger 1751-1818, Vienna, 2009, p. 307, no. 342, illustrated.

Exhibited

London, Antique Dealers Coronation Fair, 1953.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Carnegie Institute, Four Centuries of Portrait Miniatures from the Heckett Collection, 1954, no. 94.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Sale room notice

The USA has recently changed its policy on the import of property containing elephant ivory. Only Asian Elephant ivory may be imported into the USA, and imports must be accompanied by DNA analysis and confirmation the object is more than 100 years old. Buyers will be responsible for the costs of obtaining any DNA analysis or other report required in connection with their proposed import into the USA. A buyer’s inability to export or import a lot is not a basis for cancelling their purchase.

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Lot Essay

Füger produced a number of portraits of Maria Clementine: one, signed and dated 1795, formerly in the Charles Clore Collection, was sold Sotheby's, London, 17 March, 1986, lot 73; another, also signed and dated 1795, is illustrated in colour in R. Keil, Die Porträtminiaturen des Hauses Habsburg, Vienna, 1999, p. 110, no. 205; another is illustrated in colour in M. Tomás, La Miniatura retrato en España, Spain, 1953, pl. XXXII; and another, formerly in the collection of Princess Mathilde of Saxony and later the collection of Ernst Holzscheiter, sold Sotheby's, London, 9 June 1986, lot 18, is illustrated in colour in E. Lemberger, Die Bildnis-Miniatur in Deutschland von 1550 bis 1850, Munich, 1909, pl. XLIV.

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