$1,920
Austrian School, 17th/18th Century Portrait of a Young Prince Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 31 x 25 1/8 in. (78.8 x 63.8 cm), on an oval stretcher, unframed. Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure, surface grime. N.B. Family tradition holds that this portrait purportedly shows the Archduke Joseph of Austria during his reign as King of Hungary (1687-90). The figure wears Hungarian dress, the chivalric Order of the Golden Fleece, and behind the figure is a idealized representation of the Crown of Saint Stephen. Copies of the family's research correspondence accompany the lot.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-02-01