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Equestrian Portrait of Prince Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794)   Francesco Casanova (1727–1803)

Equestrian Portrait of Prince Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794)

Francesco Casanova (1727–1803)

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Reiterbildnis des Fürsten Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794)
Material/technique
oil on canvas
Measurements
238 × 198 cm
Acquisition
acquired in 1825 by Prince Johann I von Liechtenstein
Artists/makers/authors
Francesco Casanova
Detailed information
Inventory number
GE 326
Provenance
Purchased in 1825 as a "Portrait of Peter the Great" (no. 388 in the list of paintings purchased by Johann I). In 1833 Schorn's Kunstblatt mentions "a life-size Russian emperor or general on horseback by Casanova" as being in the Liechtensteingalerie. Falke 1873: no. 1208, Falke 1885: no. 326.
The painting was in Prince Franz von Liechenstein's residence in St. Petersburg during his ambassadorship, returned in March 1899 and was sent to Feldsberg on 6 April 1899. It remained there until 1944 (it hung in the so-called "Botschaftergang" in 1930; Feldsberg inventory number: 1746).
It was not until early 1936 that the princely art department recognised that the sitter was Prince Wenzel Anton Kaunitz. As late as 14 December 1935, the sitter was no longer thought to be Peter the Great, but (possibly) Joseph II (see excerpt from a correspondence on the painting in the hanging file)
Iconography
Prince Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794) ,  equestrian portrait
Literature
C. ver Heyden de Lancey, François J. Casanova. Peintre du Roi. 1727-1803. Vu comme premier peintre de la seconde moitiè du 18ème siècle. Etude suivie de onze lettres inédites de Francois à son frère Jacques avec notes et commentaires de l'Auteur, Paris 1934, S. 42

Ludwig Schorn (Hg.), Schorn's Kunstblatt, Jg. 1833, Stuttgart, Tübingen 1833, S. 196

Jacob von Falke, Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Wien 1873 , S. 139, Kat. 1208

Jacob von Falke, Katalog der fürstlich Liechtensteinischen Bilder-Galerie im Gartenpalais der Rossau zu Wien, Wien 1885, S. 46, Kat. 326

G. Biermann, Deutsches Barock und Rokoko, Bd. 2, Bd. Bd. 2, Leipzig 1914, S. VIII, Abb. S. 407

C. Ver Heyden de Lancey, Les portraits de Jacques et de Francois Casanova 1934, S. 106

R. Abirached, Le frère de Casanova, in: L'Oeil 97 1963, Abb. S. 55 (noch als Peter d.Gr.)

H. Leporini, Francesco Casanova, in: Pantheon 22 1964, S. 178, Abb. 6 u. 7

B. Kuhn, Der Landschafts- und Schlachtenmaler Francesco Casanova (1727 - 1803) 1984, S. 111-112, Abb. 23

Johann Kräftner, Pferde, Wagen, Ställe. Pferdetradition im Haus Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein Museum Wien, München–Berlin–London–New York 2006, Abb. S. 27

Ausst.-Kat. Das Glück dieser Erde... Pferde als höfisches Motiv der Kunstgeschichte. Aus den Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, Kathrine Klopf-Weiss, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz 6.3.2009–18.10.2009, erschienen Wien–Vaduz 2009, Kat. 45

Johann Kräftner, Die Schätze der Liechtenstein. Paläste, Gemälde, Skulpturen, Wien 2013, Abb. S. 291

Johann Kräftner, The Treasures of the Liechtensteins. Palaces, Paintings, Sculptures, Vienna 2013

Gernot Mayer, Kulturpolitik der Aufklärung. Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz-Rietberg (1711–1794) und die Künste. (Stendaler Winckelmann-Forschungen), Bd. 13, Petersberg 2021, 30, Abb. 14

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