Lot n° 147
Estimation :
12000 - 15000
EUR
Austrian school circa 1700 - Lot 147
Austrian school circa 1700
Presumed portrait of Charles Albert of Bavaria, later Charles VII
Canvas
Height : 134 cm
Width : 111 cm
Old restorations
Provenance :
- Sévigny family, Château de Luret.
The model for this portrait could be Charles Albert of Bavaria (1697-1745), son of Elector
Maximilian-Emmanuel of Bavaria (1662-1726) and Therese Sobieska (1676-1730), daughter of Polish King John III
Sobieski (1629-1696). In 1717, Charles Albert joined the Bavarian auxiliary corps alongside the
Austrian army in the Venetian-Austro-Ottoman War (1714-1718). He inherited Bavaria in 1726, following the death of
death of Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740) and became Charles VII. In 1742, he was elected Holy Roman Emperor
the first Wittelsbach since the 14th century.
Our portrait features a Turkish headdress, suggesting victory over the Ottomans. The galley flying a flag
blue and white horizontal stripes is that of Bavaria. In addition, the baton
in the model's right hand evokes the figure of a sovereign, prince or elector.
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