Young Empress "Sisi": miniature portrait

(German miniaturist, active in the 20th century) Miniature portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria ("Sisi") (1837 - 1898). Oval depiction of the young empress with star-adorned hair, based on the famous full-size portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria painted in 1865 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805 - 1873). Tempera painting. Signed. Dimensions: 11.8 cm x 9 cm. Brass frame. Provenance: From a private collection in Brandenburg. Acquired at an auction at Dorotheum Vienna, 26.04.2006, Kaiserhaus auction, lot 149. Tempera miniature portrait of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Signed. Framed.