JOSEPH II, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (1741-1790), HISTORICAL SOUVENIT MOUNTED ON GOLD AND HAIR BRACELET
Very fine miniature portrait of Joseph II of Lorraine Hapsburg, Holy roman Emperor, brother of queen Marie-Antoinette. The miniature was painted towards 1780-90, and then mounted in bracelet by the following generation, at the beginning of the 19th. century (as he was the custom). At this period appears the fashion of the braided hair jewels, which allies to the miniatures portraits of his ancestors, forms a real historic memory as much as sentimental.TECHNIQUE:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory, protected under a convex glass
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FRAME :
Hair bracelet, gold clasp
PORTRAIT SIZE:
2,8x2cm
FRAME SIZE:
diam.6 larg. 2,5cm
DESCRIPTION :
CONDITION:
Perfect original condition.
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