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

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HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)
Friedrich Karl Joseph Reichsfreiherr von Erthal (1719-1802), Prince Elector and Archbishop of Mainz, in black and red Archbishop's robes, wearing a diamond-set crucifix and the breast-star of the Order of the Teutonic Knights
on ivory
oval, 1 7/16 in. (36 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame

Literature

J. de Bourgoing, Die Wiener Bildnisminiatur, Vienna, 1926, p. 27, no. 5.
R. Keil, Heinrich Friedrich Füger 1751-1818, Vienna, 2009, p. 256, no. 187.

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Lot Essay

The sitter was Prince Elector and Archbishop of Mainz from 1774 to 1802. He was a controversial figure, opposing the dynastical strategy of Emperor Joseph II and opposing the Emperor's scheme to exchange Bavaria for Belgium. He was Füger's most important client during his period in Mainz and he also painted a miniature of the sitter's niece, Countess Coudenhove, née Countess Hatzfeld (d. 1826), sold Christie's, London, 6 July 2005, lot 141.

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