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Artist:     Martin van Meytens (1695 - 1770) and studio
Title:     From the noble Swiss estate: Austrian Imperial Portraits of Maria Theresia and Franz I Stephan
Item ID   1754
Price:     25000.00 €
   

   
 

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A pair of baroque portraits was purchased from the noble Swiss estate and depicrting Austrian Empress Maria Theresia (1717 - 1780) and her husband Franz I Stephan (1708 - 1765) . Due to the quality , style and subject both portraits attribued to the hand of renown Swedish-Austrian royal court artist Martin van Maytens ( 1695 Stockholm - 1770 Vienna) and his studio. Luxuriousy gold-plated and hand-crafted frames were executed in 18th century also. For comparison with similar portraits by Meytens see links to Kunsthistorischen Museum in Vienna and National Gallery in Slovenia:

http://bilddatenbank.khm.at/viewArtefact?id=2237http://www.ng-slo.si/default.asp?id=32&avtor=71&prikaz=umetnina&ust=2

Literature: Lexicon by Thieme/Becker.

Inscription: unsigned .

Technique: both: oils on canvases. Luxuriousy original period frames.

Measurements: unframed w 28 1/3" x h 34 2/3" x (72 x 88 cm); framed w 33 " x 39 3/4" ( 84 x 101 cm )

Condition: in very good condition.