Auction House

Auction: Old Master Paintings

09. March 2022

Object overview
Object

0005

„Portrait of emperor Karl V (1500-1558)“
16th century
oil on panel
14 x 12 cm
Inscribed in the centre right: AETATIS / SUAE - 25
On the reverse 4 wax seals:
Above: Coat of arms of the counts/princes of Clary and Aldringen
centre right: LC with a count's crown, possibly Count Leopold of Clary and Aldringen (1736-1800)
centre left: M with a princely crown, possibly princess Marie Josefa (1728-1801) or princess Maria Aloisia (1777-1864) of Clary and Aldringen
below: Trautson coat of arms

Provenance

(according to wax seals on the reverse):
Counts/Princes of Trautson (Tyrolean noble family, extinct in the male line in 1775);
Counts/Princes of Clary and Aldringen;
in Austrian family possession for three generations

Estimate: € 7.000 - 14.000
Result: € 8.960 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.