Young Empress "Sissi": miniature portrait

( German Miniaturist, active 20th century) Miniature portrait of Empress Elizabeth of Austria ("Sissi") (1837 - 1898). Oval depiction of the young empress with star-adorned hair, based on the famous full-length portrait of Empress Elizabeth 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 auction at Dorotheum Vienna, 26.04.2006, Kaiserhaus auction, lot 149. A tempera miniature portrait of Empress Elizabeth of Austria. Signed. Framed.