Auction House

Auction: Old Master Paintings

06. December 2022, 3:00 pm

Object overview
Object

0076

Martin van Meytens

(Stockholm 1695 - 1770 Wien)

„Portrait of Archduke Joseph II as an Infant“
c. 1745
oil on canvas
80.5 x 65 cm

Provenance

from a royal collection;
Dorotheum, Vienna, 6 March, 1996, lot 182 (as Martin van Meyten's workshop);
private property, Austria

Literature

Angelika Schmitt-Vorster, Pro Deo et Populo: Die Porträts Josephs II. (1765-1790). Untersuchungen zu Bestand, Ikonographie und Verbreitung des Kaiserbildnisses im Zeitalter der Aufklärung, thesis, Munich 2006, p. 29, cat. no. 2 (as Martin van Meytens; colour illustration)

We are grateful to Dr. Georg Lechner for the scientific support with catalogueing.

Estimate: € 2.500 - 5.000
Result: € 3.200 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.