Max Egon II, Fürst zu Fürstenberg

Details

Philip Alexius de László (1869-1937)
Max Egon II, Fürst zu Fürstenberg
oil on board
30 x 24 in. (76 x 61 cm.)

Literature

Sitters’ Book I, f. 28: Max Egon Fst zu Fürstenberg, 24 July 1899.
Studio Inventory, p. 21, no. 120: Portrait of a Man, in helmet and uniform, full face, brown moustache.
O. von Schleinitz, Künstler Monographien, vol. 106., ' Ph A. von László', Bielefeld & Leipzig, 1913, pp. 52-56.
O. Rutter, Portrait of a Painter, London, 1939, pp. 175 & 183.
D. Hart-Davis & C. Corbeau-Parsons, Philip de László. His Life and Art, New Haven & London, 2010, p. 58.

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Lot Essay

The present portrait is a preparatory study for a portrait of the sitter wearing the uniform of the Garde du Corps of the German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm. He is also wearing the order of the Golden Fleece. De László was a close friend of the sitter and referred to him as, “one of the most generous and intelligent men I have ever met.”

Max Egon zu Fürstenberg was born at Schloss Lana bei Pürglitz in Bohemia (now Lány/Krivoklát, Czech Republic) on 13 October 1863, the eldest of the two sons of Prince Maximilian-Egon zu Fürstenberg (1822-1873), head of the secondary, Bohemian line of the family, and his wife, Leontine Countess von Khevenhüller-Metsch (1843-1914).

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