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Silk scarf / Twill / 440 x 1600 mm; 100% silk

Artwork: The Imperial Count Moritz Christian Fries and his Family (ca. 1804)

Artist: François-Pascal Simon Gérard

1770 - 1837

Museum: Belvedere, Vienna, Inv.-Nr. 3386

François-Pascal Simon Gérard: The Imperial Count Moritz Christian Fries and his Family. ca. 1804. Oil on canvas. 223 x 163,5 cm.

This painting features Count Moritz Christian Fries (1777-1862), his attractive wife Maria Theresia neé Princess Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfürst (1779-1819), and their son Moritz, who was born in 1804. Fries was one of the most important bankers and art patrons in 19th century Vienna. Francoise Gérard produced this image at the height of his career, and was one of the most sought-after portrait painters among the French aristocracy.

It is even forbidden to take pictures at the Belvedere Museum, where this painting is displayed.

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