AUTRICHIAN SCHOOL circa 1770 - Lot 75

Lot n° 75
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AUTRICHIAN SCHOOL circa 1770 - Lot 75
AUTRICHIAN SCHOOL circa 1770 Workshop of Martin van MEYTENS Portrait of Kaiser Franz I Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Canvas 101,5 x 78 cm Gilded wood frame in the 19th century style François I (Nancy, 1708 - Innsbruck, 1765) Successively Duke of Lorraine, of Bar, of Teschen Grand Duke of Tuscany (under the name of François II) Vice King of Hungary then, after his marriage in 1736 with the Archduchess Marie-Thérèse (1717-1780), heiress of the house of Austria, elected emperor of the Romans (1745-1765). Together with his wife, he was the founder of the current House of Habsburg-Lorraine, whose descendants reigned over Mexico, Austria, Hungary, Tuscany and Modena. He was also the father of Queen Marie Antoinette. Martin van MEYTENS and his workshop produced many portraits of the Austrian Imperial Family.
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