PORTRAIT BUST OF EMPEROR JOSEPH II

Description:

Closter Veilsdorf, circa 1766
H. 9,7 cm
Model Wenzel Neu, worked out by Georg Philipp Pfränger (sen.)?, without base, without mark. Fire crack, min. chips. Hermelin coat with restorations front left and back right.
Jan Ahlers Collection
Literature: Newman 1977, fig. XXII
Joseph II (1741-1790) had become co-regent with his mother, the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, in 1765 - after the death of his father - until 1780.