Bonhams : Johann Gottfried Auerbach (Mühlhausen 1697-1753 Vienna) Portrait of Amalia, Archduchess of Austria,

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Lot 57^*

Johann Gottfried Auerbach

(Mühlhausen 1697-1753 Vienna)

Portrait of Amalia, Archduchess of Austria,

£ 7,000 - 10,000

US$ 8,600 - 12,000

Amended

Old Master Paintings

9 Dec 2009, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Johann Gottfried Auerbach (Mühlhausen 1697-1753 Vienna)

Portrait of Amalia, Archduchess of Austria, three-quarter-length, in a pink dress embroidered with gold and diamonds, standing beside an electoral crown on a plinth beneath a red curtain
oil on canvas
172 x 126cm (67 11/16 x 49 5/8in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Purported to have belonged to the Saxe-Coburg family

The Archduchess Amalia (1746-1804) was the daughter of the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa and sister of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. She became Duchess of Parma.

Saleroom notices

The sitter in the present portrait is not Amalia, Archduchess of Austria (1746-1804). It has been suggested that it could be one of the daughters of Emperor Joseph I, either Maria Josepha (1699-1757) or Maria Amalia (1701-1756).

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