Infantin Maria Ludovika
around 1764/65 | Anton Raphael Mengs
The portrait of Maria Ludovica (1745–1792), the daughter of King Charles III of Spain, was created while she was engaged to marry Pietro Leopoldo, grand duke of Tuscany and later Emperor Leopold II. On her wrist she is wearing a miniature portrait of her fiancé. The most important of her sixteen children were the later Emperor Francis II/I, the victor at Aspern against Napoleon Archduke Charles, and Archduke John. Mengs was court painter in Madrid when he painted this portrait.
The portrait of Maria Ludovica (1745–1792), the daughter of King Charles III of Spain, was created while she was engaged to marry Pietro Leopoldo, grand duke of Tuscany and later Emperor Leopold II. On her wrist she is wearing a miniature portrait of her fiancé. The most important of her sixteen children were the later Emperor Francis II/I, the victor at Aspern against Napoleon Archduke Charles, and Archduke John. Mengs was court painter in Madrid when he painted this portrait.
Artist:
Anton Raphael Mengs (1728 Aussig - 1779 Rom) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Kaiserin Maria Ludovica di Carlo de Bourbon Sizilien (1747 - 1792) DNB
Time:
around 1764/65
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
84,5 x 65 cm
Framed: 109 cm x 84,5 cm x 8 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 1644
Provenance
Joseph Rosa; 1795 acquired for 300 ducats by Franz I.; 1797 in the gallery