ATTRIBUTED TO FRANZ LIEDER, circa 1830

FROM THE ESTATE OF AN AUSTRIAN LADY DECEASED

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ATTRIBUTED TO FRANZ LIEDER, circa 1830

Archduke Ludwig of Austria, with curled dark hair and sidewhiskers, wearing a red-piped grey uniform with gold-braided red collar and a black stock with high white collar, decorated with the Jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the breast-star of the Royal Hungarian Order of St-Stephen; cloudy sky background; on paper, oval -- 212 mm high

拍品专文

Archduke Ludwig (Florence 1784 - 1864 Vienna), son of Emperor Leopold II of the Holy Roman Empire and his wife Maria Ludovika of Spain, took part in the war against France, 1805-1809. After the death of his elder brother Emperor Franz I of Austria in 1835, he became president of the Regency committee during the reign of his insane nephew, Emperor Ferdinand I. A supporter of Metternich's conservative attitude, he retired from politics after the Revolution of 1848.