HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)
Lot 236 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 6,875

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HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (AUSTRO-GERMAN, 1751-1818)
Count Josef Johann von Fries (1765-1788), in purple silk jacket, white shirt with large double standing lawn collar, red silk cloak draped over his left shoulder and gold-embroidered white sash falling over his right shoulder, pale grey hat adorned with white ostrich feather
on ivory
oval, 3 1/16 in. (77 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal mount with beaded outer border

Consul Eugen Gutmann (1840-1925) Collection, Berlin, in 1912.
Bachstitz Galleries, The Hague (est. 1921).
With A La Vielle Russie, New York.
Greta Shield Heckett (1899-1976) Collection, Pittsburgh, Pa.; part I, Sotheby's, Monaco, 4 May 1977, lot 68.

Specialist note

The sitter was the elder brother of the banker and art collector Moritz Fries.
A larger version (18 cm. high) is illustrated in Keil (supra).