JOHANN ELIAS RIDINGER (1698-1767) Portrait of Friedrich Heinrich Reichsgraf von Seckendorff
Lot 143
3 0003 500
pencil, whitewash on paper
29.5 x 23.5 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Baron Alfons Meyer Rothschild (1878-1942), Vienna;
confiscated in 1941 for the "Führer Museum" in Linz;
the Austrian state acquired this work in 1947 and exhibited it in the Albertina Museum;
in 1999, this artwork, together with two hundred other items, has been returned to the Rothschild family and was soon offered for sale
Friedrich Heinrich Reichsgraf von Seckendorff (1673-1763) was a marshal and diplomat, in the service of the imperial Habsburg monarchy ofAustria, later served as commander of the Bavarian army and fought Austria.