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"Portrait of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747-1792)"
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H*** Johns
Title
"Portrait of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747-1792)"
Description
"wearing a green uniform with a red collar, with the Order of the Golden Fleece and the sash of the Order of Maria Theresa, silver-gilt frame"
Date circa 1791
date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium watercolor on miniature
Object history

Provenance:

  • Kende Gallery, Vienna;
  • Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Zurich, 15 November 1977, lot 74
Auction: Sotheby's, London, 16 April 2008, Important Miniatures from a Private Collection, lot 111
Inscriptions signed l.r.: Johns, circa 1791
Notes A watercolour of Emperor Leopold II (ruled 1790- 1792) by Johns, signed and dated 1791, is in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna.
Source/Photographer https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2008/important-miniatures-from-a-private-collection-l08172/lot.111.html [1]

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