Lot No. 31


Artist, circa 1820


Portrait of Empress Maria Leopoldina of Brazil with two of her six children, oil on canvas, 79 x 68.5 cm, framed, (W)

Empress Maria Leopoldina of Brazil was born in Vienna in 1797, the daughter of Emperor Francis I. and his second wife, Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. Maria Leopoldina married Dom Pedro (1798–1834), the Crown Prince of Brazil in 1817 and was crowned Empress consort in 1822. Empress Leopoldina died in 1826 after the birth of her sixth child and was laid to rest in the mausoleum at the Ipiranga memorial in Sao Paulo. (Excerpt from www.wikipedia.de Maria Leopoldine von Österreich, 7.1.2010)

Specialist: Dr. Christl Wolf Dr. Christl Wolf
+43-1-515 60-377

19c.paintings@dorotheum.at

20.04.2010 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 6,875.-
Estimate:
EUR 5,000.- to EUR 7,000.-

Artist, circa 1820


Portrait of Empress Maria Leopoldina of Brazil with two of her six children, oil on canvas, 79 x 68.5 cm, framed, (W)

Empress Maria Leopoldina of Brazil was born in Vienna in 1797, the daughter of Emperor Francis I. and his second wife, Princess Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily. Maria Leopoldina married Dom Pedro (1798–1834), the Crown Prince of Brazil in 1817 and was crowned Empress consort in 1822. Empress Leopoldina died in 1826 after the birth of her sixth child and was laid to rest in the mausoleum at the Ipiranga memorial in Sao Paulo. (Excerpt from www.wikipedia.de Maria Leopoldine von Österreich, 7.1.2010)

Specialist: Dr. Christl Wolf Dr. Christl Wolf
+43-1-515 60-377

19c.paintings@dorotheum.at


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Auction: 19th Century Paintings
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 20.04.2010 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 10.04. - 20.04.2010


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