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Artist
Antonio Pencini  (fl. 1753)  wikidata:Q29640579
 
Alternative names
Antonio Bencini (Benchini)
Description painter
Work period 1753 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Vienna (1741–1799) Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q29640579
Description
English: Portrait of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691-1750), wife of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685-1740), as a widow
Date circa 1740-1750
Medium watercolor on gouache paint
Dimensions height: 9.6 cm (3.7 in); width: 6.8 cm (2.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,9.6U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,6.8U174728
Object history

Provenance:

  • Judge Dr Ludwig Ritter von Festau (1863-1933), Vienna, by 1911;
  • sale, London, Sotheby's, 30 June 1980, lot 42;
  • where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
  • Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
  • Auction: Sotheby's, London, 4 December 2020 , Old Master and British Works on Paper, including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection, lot 100.
Exhibition history Vienna, Albertina, Internationale Miniaturen-Auststellung in der Albertina, 1924, no. 87
Source/Photographer https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/old-master-british-works-on-paper/portrait-of-elisabeth-christine-holy-roman-empress

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