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Countess Hélène Esterházy, née Countess Bezobrazov

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Countess Hélène Esterházy, née Countess Bezobrazov

Moritz Michael Daffinger

1841 (?)

Medium

Watercolor and gouache, graphite

Tags

Portraits Women

Dimensions

Sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20 x 15 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2012

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Moritz Michael Daffinger

1790–1849 • Habsburg monarchyAustrian Empire

Son of Johann Daffinger (died 1796), who was a painter at the Kaiserliche Porzellanmanufaktur in Vienna. Son of Johann Daffinger (died 1796), who was a painter at the Kaiserliche Porzellanmanufaktur in Vienna. Daffinger became one of the most sought after portraitists in Vienna and was friends with many influential people in the arts and sciences. Later in life he abandoned the genre and devoted himself to creating precise watercolor illustrations of the native flora of Austria. Comment on works: portrait; miniature; porcelain

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