Antonio Bencini the Younger
(Italy 1710 - after 1780 Vienna)
A portrait of Archduke and later Emperor Francis II with the Order of the Golden Fleeze, watercolour, gouache on ivory, 6 x 5 cm, oval format, framed, (Hu)
Species protection A.
The unsigned miniature is painted in the characteristic pointillist manner and with the bluish grey shading in the face which is was typical for Bencini. Bencini’s name appears frequently in the account books of the Chamber Office of the Imperial Dynasty between the 1740s and 1780s.The Imperial miniature collection preserves a portrait of Empress Maria Ludovica which is signed Bencini jun. (the younger). It seems that several members of the Bencini family worked for the Imperial court. (Robert Keil, Die Porträtminiaturen des Hauses Habsburg, Vienna 1999, Cat. 180).
Specialist: Dr. Brigitte Huck
Dr. Brigitte Huck
+43-1-515 60-378
19c.paintings@dorotheum.at
27.03.2018 - 17:00
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EUR 1,800.- to EUR 2,000.-
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Antonio Bencini the Younger
(Italy 1710 - after 1780 Vienna)
A portrait of Archduke and later Emperor Francis II with the Order of the Golden Fleeze, watercolour, gouache on ivory, 6 x 5 cm, oval format, framed, (Hu)
Species protection A.
The unsigned miniature is painted in the characteristic pointillist manner and with the bluish grey shading in the face which is was typical for Bencini. Bencini’s name appears frequently in the account books of the Chamber Office of the Imperial Dynasty between the 1740s and 1780s.The Imperial miniature collection preserves a portrait of Empress Maria Ludovica which is signed Bencini jun. (the younger). It seems that several members of the Bencini family worked for the Imperial court. (Robert Keil, Die Porträtminiaturen des Hauses Habsburg, Vienna 1999, Cat. 180).
Specialist: Dr. Brigitte Huck
Dr. Brigitte Huck
+43-1-515 60-378
19c.paintings@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 27.03.2018 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 17.03. - 27.03.2018 |