Charles VI and Gundacker Count Althann
1728 | Francesco Solimena
The director of imperial buildings, Gundacker Count Althann, is presenting Charles VI with the inventory of the imperial art collections. The occasion for this paean to a Baroque ruler was the concentration and redisplay of the Habsburg artworks in Vienna’s Stallburg. The emperor commissioned this picture from the most important Neapolitan painter, Francesco Solimena. The portrait heads of Charles and his director of buildings were added in Vienna by the painter Johann Gottfried Auerbach.
The director of imperial buildings, Gundacker Count Althann, is presenting Charles VI with the inventory of the imperial art collections. The occasion for this paean to a Baroque ruler was the concentration and redisplay of the Habsburg artworks in Vienna’s Stallburg. The emperor commissioned this picture from the most important Neapolitan painter, Francesco Solimena. The portrait heads of Charles and his director of buildings were added in Vienna by the painter Johann Gottfried Auerbach.
Artist:
Francesco Solimena (1657 Canale di Serino - 1747 Barra bei Neapel) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Gundaker Ludwig Graf von Althann (1665 Zwentendorg - 1747 Wien) DNB
Time:
1728
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Neapolitan
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
309 x 284 cm
Signed
Inscribed on the bottom left of the base: F. SOLIMENA
Inscribed
Auf dem Inventar die Inschrift: IMP:ROM:CAROLO:PYNACOTHECAE RESTAVRATORI AVGVSTO FELICI:OBSEQVIO AEDIL:PRAEF:COM: ALTHANN. 1728
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1601
Provenance
1728 to Vienna