File:Josef Anton Fischer - Empress Elisabeth Christine with daughters Maria Anna and Maria Theresa.jpg

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Joseph Anton Fischer  (–1750)  wikidata:Q116765451
 
Alternative names
Josef Anton Fischer
Description German miniature painter
Date of birth/death 17th century
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
 Edit this at Wikidata		 1750 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Augsburg Vienna
Work period 1708 Edit this at Wikidata
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Vienna Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q116765451
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English: Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691-1750) with her daughters Maria Theresa of Austria (1717-1780) and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1718-1744)
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"In October 2022, we discovered this very interesting group portrait in the online catalogue of an upcoming sale in one of the German auction houses, showing the Empress Consort of the Holy Roman Empire, born Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel, Elisabeth Christine (CLICK HERE), with two little daughters (they look like 3-5 and 4-6 years old respectively) - Archduchess Maria Anna (1718-1744; CLICK HERE) and Archduchess (future Empress) Maria Theresa (1717-1780; CLICK HERE).

The fact that Elisabeth Christine is depicted here only with these two surviving children immediately suggested that we are in the period between 1721 and 1723 - in 1724, the Empress became the mother of another girl: Maria Amalia (1724-1730).

We managed to acquire this rather large (18.2cm x 13.4cm) miniature on vellum, and when we held it in our hands, we found the artist's signature in the lower right corner (not mentioned by the auctioneer!) along with the date: "…ad viv. 1722 / …Fischer".

While studying this portrait, we soon came across a mention on the internet of it being sold at Christie's in London in 1980 (see our image nr. 11, pay special attention to the part highlighted in green). We also learned that in October 2020 at the Viennese auction house "Dorotheum" an author's own replica of our miniature was offered, but slightly smaller (13.3cm x 10.5cm) and made not on vellum (like ours), but on ivory (see image nr. 12).

Both versions - ours and the one in the "Dorotheum" - are works of a German miniaturist who worked at the Viennese Imperial Court since the late 1710s, Josef Anton Fischer (? Augsburg - 1750 Vienna; see image nr. 18 with his biography). Our images nr. 13-17 show several other works of this artist, executed in Vienna.

Date 1722
date QS:P571,+1722-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium watercolor on vellum
medium QS:P186,Q22915256;P186,Q378274,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 18.2 cm (7.1 in); width: 13.4 cm (5.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,18.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,13.4U174728
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  • Probably formerly in the property of Habsburg House (the frame (turn of the 19th century) is typical for those in the collection of portrait miniatures of that house) .
  • Offered by Boris Wilnitsky Fine Arts, Vienna [1]
Source/Photographer https://www.wilnitsky.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi/details?No=44431
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