Live Auction 5962Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
JOHANN WALCH (GERMAN, 1757-1816)
Lot 252

JOHANN WALCH (GERMAN, 1757-1816)

Closed28 November 2012

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GBP 625

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JOHANN WALCH (GERMAN, 1757-1816)
Charles (1771-1847), Archduke of Austria and Duke of Teschen, in white uniform, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the sash and breast-star of the Imperial Austrian Order of Maria Theresa
on ivory
oval, 2 5/16 in. (59 mm.) high, gilt metal frame, the glazed reverse revealing a miniature of a lady next to a plinth inscribed 'Pensez a moi'

A member of the House of Wittelsbach.

Specialist note

Archduke Charles of Austria, the third son of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, was adopted by his childless aunt Maria Christina and her husband Albert of Saxe-Teschen after the death of his father in 1792. A brilliant military commander, he was also High-Master of the Order of the Teutonic Knights from 1801 to 1804.