"Miniature Portrait of Princess Elizabeth Wilhelmine Louise of Württemberg"

(1751 Heilbronn – 1818 Vienna) attributed; Miniature portrait of Princess Elisabeth Wilhelmina Luise of Württemberg, Archduchess of Austria (1767–1790). Circular, half-length portrait, facing left. She is dressed in a blue gown with an open lace trim. Around the image, a column and a closed curtain, light brown background. High-quality tempera. On the reverse, the inscription "Archduchess Elisabeth, born Princess of Württemberg" and the number "No. 22". Brass frame. Diameter 6.7 cm. Heinrich Friedrich Füger arrived at the imperial palace in Vienna in 1774. There, he created numerous portraits of nobility and figures from politics and society. In 1795, he became director of the Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1806, he was appointed director of the Imperial Picture Gallery. His works can be found, among others, in the Albertina in Vienna and the National Gallery in Berlin. The portrait of the Archduchess corresponds to Füger’s technique with silver highlights in rendering materiality and hair, and bears resemblance to a painting by J.B. Lampi from 1784 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. See Robert Keil, WV No. 162 et seq.; Schidlof, Vol. I, pp. 273 et seq. Viennese miniature portrait of Archduchess Elisabeth Wilhelmina of Austria, attributed to Heinrich Friedrich Füger (1751–1818). With title and number indicated on the reverse. Framed.