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# 44197
Fueger-School "Countess von Merveldt-Pergen", miniature, 1786/90
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It is a late 1780s copy after the miniature portrait of Countess Marie-Thérèse von Merveldt, executed in 1786 in Vienna by famous Neoclassical portraitist (and miniaturist!), professor of the Viennese Academy, Heinrich Friedrich Fueger (for the original miniature see our image nr. 7. The author of this copy was surely one of Fueger's pupils.
In 1783, Marie-Thérèse Countess Pergen (1763-1802) married German aristocrat and politician August von Merveldt (1759-1834). Our image nr. 9 provides biographical information concerning this couple.
In the same year, 1786, Fueger also executed a large-scale pastel portrait of Marie-Thérèse (see our image nr. 8).
Heinrich Friedrich Fueger (1751 Heilbronn - 1818 Vienna) was a German-Austrian neoclassical artist born in Heilbronn, Germany in 1751. He began autodidactically with miniature portraits and as a young boy was shortly trained by the artist Guibal in Ludwigsburg. However he returned to Heilbronn to study law in 1768 and during his university studies continued painting portrait miniatures. His interest in painting grew and he dedicated himself to studying art as pupil of Oeser in Leipzig. He exhibited succesfully at the Dresdner Academy and moved to Dresden, where he worked until the year 1774 then moving to Vienna. He soon enjoyed the interest of the Imperial House and other influential sponsors in Vienna and traveled to Rome on a scolarship in 1776 studying the classical works, Raffael, Annibal Caracci and Domenichino. Among his contemporaries the artists Mengs, Trippel and David had a strong influence on his works. He returned to Vienna in 1783 to be appointed the Vice-director of the Vienna Academy in the same year and Director of the Academy in 1795. From 1806 he was also Director of the Imperial Picture Gallery. He was a very popular portrait and historical painter, a respected master of his time.
Provenance: German private collection
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Condition: fairly good
Creation Year: 1786/90
Measurements: UNFRAMED:8,1x6,7cm/3,2x2,6in FRAMED: 13,6x12,0cm/5,4x4,7in
Object Type: Framed miniature
Style: Portrait Miniatures
Technique: watercolor on organic wafer (octagonal)
Inscription: -
Creator: Heinrich Friedrich Fueger
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Creator Dates: 1751 Heilbronn-1818 Vienna
Nationality: German / Austrian
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