Lot 31: FRIEDRICH JOHANN GOTTLIEB LIEDER

FRIEDRICH JOHANN GOTTLIEB LIEDER 1780-1859 PORTRAIT OF HENRIETTA, ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA, DUCHESS OF TESCHEN, NÉE PRINCESS OF NASSAU-WEILBURG (1797-1829) signed c.r.: F. Lieder / pinxit 1823 watercolour and bodycolour on card, stamp gilt-metal mount, gilt-wood frame applied with gilt-metal aliment 20.5 by 16 cm.; 8 by 6 ¼ in.

Henriette Princess of Nassau-Weilburg (1797-1829) married Archduke Karl of Austria Duke of Teschen (1771-1847) in 1815. The controversial union between the eighteen year old protestant Henriette and the forty-four year old catholic Karl was supported by true reciprocal love. Henriette adored her husband and Karl considered himself one of the luckiest men for having her. He showered her with gifts which included, in the attempt to soothe her homesickness, a splendid castle in the Empire style near Baden which he named Weilburg after the site of Henriette's family.