Lot 228: Joseph-Anton Muxel (Munich 1786-1842)

Joseph-Anton Muxel (Munich 1786-1842)
Portrait of Max Graf von Arco (1806-1875), age 5, in a painted oval
signed and dated 'Jos. Muxel. pinx: 1811' (lower right)
oil on panel
6 5/8 x 5¼ in. (16.8 x 14 cm.)

Acquired by Prof. Julius S. Held in The Hague, 1958.

Maximilian Josef Maria Philip Clemens Graf con Arco was born 8 April 1806 in Munich and died 23 December 1875 in Venice. He married Anna Contessa Marescalchi on 11 June 1832. The scion of a very old house that could trace its lineage back to the early thirteenth century, he occupied a prominent position among the Bavarian nobility.