Lot 121: Eduard von Steinle - Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Commended to the Blessed Virgin Mary by his namesake

Eduard von Steinle
Kaiser Franz Joseph I. Commended to the Blessed Virgin Mary by his namesake
Watercolour over chalk, heightened with opaque white, on cardboard
Signed and dated lower left: Steinle 1850
15 3/4 × 20 7/8 in.

1850

In brown border. Minimal staining

Alphons M. Von Steinle (ed.): Edward von Steinle. Des Meisters Gesamtwerk in Abbildungen. Kempten/Munich, Jos. Kösel'sche Buchhandlung, 1910, ill. 198 and p. 11 (List of the illustrated works) / Der Sendbote des Göttlichen Herzens Jesu, vol. 1912, ill. p. 271

Formerly Friedrich Graf von Thun and Hohenstein (painted on behalf for the following:) / Sophie, Archducchess of Austria, mother of Kaiser Franz Joseph I. (until 1872) / Archduke Franz Karl, Widower of the previous owner (until 1878) / Count Leo Thun (by descent, until 1888) / Count Friedrich Thun-Děčín (by descent, at least until 1910)