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Lot 364: ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEF GEORG VON EDLINGER

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USD
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USApril 14, 2011

Item Overview

Description

ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEF GEORG VON EDLINGER GERMAN 1741 - 1819 JOHANN WILHELM FRIEDRICH FREIHERR VON HOMPESCH oil on canvas 149 by 112 cm., 58¾ by 44in.

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Notes

This is the only known portrait of Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Freiherr von Hompesch (1761 - 1809). The son of a civil servant, in 1806 he became Finance Minister to the Kingdom of Bavaria and acquired in 1808 Castle Neuberghausen in Munich, serving briefly as leader of Bavaria during the 1809 Austrian invasion. He is here depicted wearing the robes of the Royal Bavarian Order of St Hubert, which he was awarded in 1806. On the spine of his book is inscribed Finance / de la Bavière / 1806-1809.

Auction Details

Noblesse Oblige

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Sotheby's
April 14, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

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