Live Auction 6451Works of Art from the Collection of the late Lord Forte & An Interior by Francoise de Pfyffer
Swiss School, late 17th Century
Lot 334

Swiss School, late 17th Century

Portrait of Jost Bernhard Pfyffer von Altishofen (1648-1686), aged 27, bust-length, in armour, in a feigned oval; and Portrait of Maria Pfyffer von Altishofen, née Cloos zu Mauensee (1653-1700), aged 22, bust-length, in an embroidered black dress and fur-lined headdress, with a ruff, in a feigned oval

Closed12 July 2012

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Swiss School, late 17th Century
Portrait of Jost Bernhard Pfyffer von Altishofen (1648-1686), aged 27, bust-length, in armour, in a feigned oval; and Portrait of Maria Pfyffer von Altishofen, née Cloos zu Mauensee (1653-1700), aged 22, bust-length, in an embroidered black dress and fur-lined headdress, with a ruff, in a feigned oval
oil on canvas, unlined
29¾ x 23 in. (75.5 x 58.5 cm.)
the former with the identifying inscriptions and date 'HAUPTTMANN BARON JOST BERNHARD PFYFFER v. ALTISHOVEN 1648-1686' and 'Æ·s . 27- Anno 1675' (on the revere of the unlined canvas); the latter with the identifying inscriptions and date 'BARONIN MARIA WALDBURG PFYFFER v. ALTISHOVEN EINE GEB. CLOOS ZU MAUENSEE 1653-1700' and 'Æ·s 22- A·o .1675-' (on the reverse of the unlined canvas) in pierced foliate giltwood frames
a pair (2)

Specialist note

These portraits, intended as pendants, represent Jost Bernhard Pfyffer von Altishofen and his wife Maria Pfyffer von Altishofen, née Cloos zu Mauensee. Both the Pfyffer and the Cloos families belonged to the Lucerne aristocracy and sat in the city's Great and Small Councils.