A portrait of Duke Alfred von Windischgraetz attributed to Emanuel Thomas Peter. - image-1

Lot 262 Dα

A portrait of Duke Alfred von Windischgraetz attributed to Emanuel Thomas Peter.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 11:00 - Silver
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.736 € (incl. premium)

A portrait of Duke Alfred von Windischgraetz attributed to Emanuel Thomas Peter.

Oval gouache on ivory in a later ebonised wood frame. Damage to the frame. 9 x 7.5 cm.

Prince Alfred Candidus Ferdinand of Windisch-Grätz (Brussels 1787 - Vienna 1862) was an Austrian field marshall and was responsible for the surpression of the 1848 Pentecost riots in Prague as commander of this city.

Provenance

Formerly the collection of Alfred von Strasser-Sanczi, Vienna. Purchased in the 1990s by Henninger-Tavcar art dealers, Pforzheim. - Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Illus. in: Henninger-Tavcar, Miniaturporträts, Karlsruhe 1995, p. 245. Here further notes on provenance and literature.