JOHANN BAPTIST GÖSTL (AUSTRIAN, 1813-1895)
Princess Maria Anna of Savoy (1803-1884), Empress of Austria 1835-1848, in frilled white off-the-shoulders dress, gold-trimmed blue shawl worn over right shoulder, wearing a four-strand pearl necklace, her dark upswept hair dressed in plaits, wearing a black cap decorated with an ostrich feather; together with a copy of H. Fuchs, Die Österreichische Bildnisminiatur. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, I, Vienna, 1981
signed 'Göstl' (mid-left)
on ivory
oval, 2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with inner beaded surround
Inscribed in pencil on the backing card 'Kaiserin Anna Gemalin Kaisers Ferdinand I.' (2)
JOHANN BAPTIST GÖSTL (AUSTRIAN, 1813-1895)
Princess Maria Anna of Savoy (1803-1884), Empress of Austria 1835-1848, in frilled white off-the-shoulders dress, gold-trimmed blue shawl worn over right shoulder, wearing a four-strand pearl necklace, her dark upswept hair dressed in plaits, wearing a black cap decorated with an ostrich feather; together with a copy of H. Fuchs, Die Österreichische Bildnisminiatur. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart, I, Vienna, 1981
signed 'Göstl' (mid-left)
on ivory
oval, 2 7/8 in. (72 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with inner beaded surround
Inscribed in pencil on the backing card 'Kaiserin Anna Gemalin Kaisers Ferdinand I.' (2)