Duke Auersperg (?)


place and author unknown beginning of the 19th century Watercolour on ivory 5,4 x 4,2 cm The bust of a young boy depicted against a greyish blue background. His brown-grey hair is combed into the face: his eyes are blue, and he is wearing a dark blue coat decorated with red and gold embroidery. In his right hand he holds a sabre, and with his left the tip of the sabre. There is no signature. Donated in 1908 by Hermina Tomic from Zagreb. M. Schneider, Portreti 1800-1870, Zagreb, 1973, page 49, catalogue number 7.




HPM/PMH-001748