Count Moritz II Fries (1804–1887), from the Visitors' Album of Princess Melanie von Metternich (1805–1854) Moritz Michael Daffinger (1790–1849)

Count Moritz II Fries (1804–1887), from the Visitors' Album of Princess Melanie von Metternich (1805–1854)

Moritz Michael Daffinger (1790–1849)

6.3.1837

Moritz II. Graf Fries (1804–1887), aus dem Gästealbum der Fürstin Melanie von Metternich (1805–1854)

Material/technique: Watercolour and gouache, Miniature

Measurements: 165.0 × 125.0 mm

Acquisition: acquired in 2012 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein

Artists/makers/authors: Moritz Michael Daffinger

Inventory number: GR 8191

Signature/inscriptions content only available in German: Sign. unter dem Porträt: Daffinger
Bez. rechts unter dem Porträt: MFries.
Dat. unten links: Vienne, le 6. Mars / 1837.
Bez. unten Mitte: 36.

Provenance: 1836-1853 Princess Melanie von Metternich, Vienna; 1906 presumably Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde, Marburg; 2011 Roman Herzig, Zurich and Vienna; acquired on 4 May 2012 by Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein at the Beaussant Lefevre auction house, Paris, lot 40

Place of origin: Vienna

Iconography: Reichsgraf Moritz II von Fries (1804–1887)

Georg Kugler, Staatskanzler Metternich und seine Gäste. Die wiedergefundenen Miniaturen von Moritz Michael Daffinger, Josef Kriehuber und anderen Meistern aus dem Gästealbum der Fürstin Melanie Metternich / Chancellor Metternich and his guests. The rediscovered miniatures by Moritz Michael Daffinger, Josef Kriehuber and other famous painters from the Visitors Album of Princess Melanie, Graz–Wien–Köln 1991, Tafel 38, S. 364, S. 411–412

Kat. Kunstauktion Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, Bordereau Acheteur n° 62568, 04.05.2012, Paris 2012

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