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    • Michael Ignaz Mildorfer (Innsbruck, 1690 - 1747), Austrian School, The fire at Ruhelust Castle, Innsbruck, Austria (15th-16th March, 1728)
      Nov. 30, 2023

      Michael Ignaz Mildorfer (Innsbruck, 1690 - 1747), Austrian School, The fire at Ruhelust Castle, Innsbruck, Austria (15th-16th March, 1728)

      Est: £2,000 - £3,000

      Michael Ignaz Mildorfer (Innsbruck, 1690 - 1747) Austrian School The fire at Ruhelust Castle, Innsbruck, Austria (15th-16th March, 1728) Oil on panel Inscribed extensively verso Michael Ignaz Mildorfer was born into an esteemed family of painters. His father ran a successful etching, engraving and printing workshop, having come to Innsbruck from Straubing brandishing his own family crest and a charter allowing him to work unhampered by the need to join any local guild. Michael's sister Maria Elisabeth found fame as a miniaturist and spent most of her life in Rome. Michael himself worked, together with the more established painter Josef Waldmann, on prestigious projects such as the decorations and frescoes for the splendid Herkulessaal in the Imperial Palace and the Servitenkirche in the centre of Innsbruck. He was also active as an engraver and printer. In 1712 Michael Ignaz married Ursula, the widow of his colleague Josef Waldmann; this alliance further enhanced his position among Tyrolean artists. The fact that an Innsbruck nobleman by the name of Michael de Lama acted as godfather at the christening of the couple's son, Josef Ignaz, confirms this impression. Of their six children only three survived into adulthood: Maria Susanna (1714-1753) who would since marry the Innsbruck painter Joseph Pögl; Maria Anna, who was sickly and confined to a hospital and, lastly, Josef Ignaz (1719-1775) who would go on become a famous painter in his own right. Ruhelust castle was built in 1522 by Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty, within the vast formal gardens around his Innsbruck Palace. His successor, Ferdinand II, appointed architect Giovanni Lucchese in 1567 to refit the castle for him in the Italian Renaissance style for use as a summer residence. Made up of several smaller buildings, Ruhelust was built from timber (a deliberate choice of material to make it withstand recurring earth quakes), and consisted of an upper and a lower section with ample space to accommodate the royal baths, the Archduke's offices, his antiquities collection, a chapel, a designated ball house and workshops. Later additions would include a hall for dressage riding displays curiously combined with an opera house-cum-theatre. By 1582 the lengthy and costly building work had been completed. Having neglected the Hofburg, their main residence, in the process and having expended vast sums on warfare during the 30 Years' War, the imperial family made Schloss Ruhelust their private residence. However, in 1636 Ruhelust was ravaged by fire and suffered extensive damage. It was eventually reconstructed, but the Habsburg dynasty had moved to Vienna by 1665, shifting the focus of its power to that city. In 1728 Ruhelust succumbed to a second fire, which entirely destroyed it. According to the inscription on the reverse, our painting depicts this last fire, which occurred in the night of 15-16 March 1728. Mildorfer appears to have witnessed the actual event, recording in paint the turmoil and destruction. Another, much larger and more comprehensive, version of this painting is in the collection of The Ferdinandeum, the Tiroler Landesmuseum, in Innsbruck. Interestingly, (not least because none of the other figures seem to be repeated from one painting to another), the figure of one well-dressed gentleman appears in the lower middle ground in both paintings. In Mildorfer's allegorical etching and engraving of Charles VI, circa 1726, a similar figure is seen presenting a folio to the Emperor. This would indicate that all three depictions could be self-portraits of the artist. Dimensions: (Panel) 12 1/4 in. (H) x 15 3/4 in. (W)

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    • Mildorfer, Michael Ignaz: Allegorien der Überheblichkeit und des Neids
      Nov. 26, 2020

      Mildorfer, Michael Ignaz: Allegorien der Überheblichkeit und des Neids

      Est: €400 - €600

      [^]Allegorien der Überheblichkeit und des Neids. 2 Zeichnungen, je Feder in Schwarz, grau laviert, verso gerötelt, die Konturen gegriffelt. Je ca. 17,3 x 13,1 cm. Alte Brieffaltelung. - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

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    • Mildorfer, Michael Ignaz: Allegorie der Liebe
      Jun. 05, 2020

      Mildorfer, Michael Ignaz: Allegorie der Liebe

      Est: €400 - €600

      [^]Allegorie der Liebe. Feder in Grau, graublau laviert, verso gerötelt. 18 x 13,2 cm. Alte Brieffaltelung. Beigegeben von demselben eine lavierte Federzeichnung "Allegorie des Zorns (Herkules mit zwei ungebändigten Löwen durch ein Feldlager stürmend)", signiert "Mich. Ign. Mildorffer delin.[...]". - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.

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