An Austrian portrait of Albert Casimir of Saxony-Teschen with the cuirass and sash of the Royal Hungarian order of St. Stephen. - image-1

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An Austrian portrait of Albert Casimir of Saxony-Teschen with the cuirass and sash of the Royal Hungarian order of St. Stephen.

Auction 1028 - overview Cologne
16.05.2014, 10:30 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 800 €
Result: 976 € (incl. premium)
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An Austrian portrait of Albert Casimir of Saxony-Teschen with the cuirass and sash of the Royal Hungarian order of St. Stephen.

Gouache on ivory in a gilt copper frame. H 7 cm.
Ca. 1780.

Duke Albert Casimir of Saxony-Teschen (Moritzburg b. Dresden 1738 - Vienna 1822), was son of King August III of Poland, royal Austrian general field marshal and stadtholder of the Austrian Netherlands in Brussels from 1780 - 1792. His collection of prints formed the basis of the Albertina in Vienna.

Literature

Cf. Michaelis, Die Miniaturen des 18. Jh., Gemäldegalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2012, p. 104 ff, cat. nr. M.338, here an almost identical portrait signed "Johns".