Lot 269: A young gentleman, in navy blue coat, white waistcoat, white shirt with green buttons, black stock and tied cravat; pillar background

EMANUEL THOMAS PETER (AUSTRIAN, 1799-1873)
A young gentleman, in navy blue coat, white waistcoat, white shirt with green buttons, black stock and tied cravat; pillar background
signed and dated 'E: Peter c: n Hanfst. 832.' (mid-right)
rectangular, 3 9/16 x 2 11/16 in. (91 x 69 mm.), gilt-metal frame with beaded border

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR


The signature indicates that this miniature was copied after a portrait by the Bavarian artist Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl (1804-1877), who was not only famous as a painter but also as a successful entrepreneur in the field of lithography. In 1834 he established his own publishing company, which still exists today. He later also worked as a photographer and had among his models King Louis II of Bavaria, Otto von Bismarck and Empress Sissi.