Franz II Hardtmuth as huntsman 1908 ART THEFT!
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JQAW# P_1908_100
Oil on canvas dimensions likely ca. 137 x 82 cm
Signature likely: John Quincy Ɑdams 08
Private collection, ca.1985 stolen from owners, since then lost.
Picture: Künstlerhaus Archive Vienna
Franz II. Edler von Hardtmuth 15.6.1870 Budweis (Budvar CZ) to 14.3.1927 Budweis, industrialist (Koh-I-Noor pencils), avid huntsman.
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Exhibited
Literature
APH, catalog raisonné JQA 1995, p. 93, cat.#62, fig.#44.
Provenance
The sitter, and his family descendants Budvar, Vienna, France.
According to information from owners ca. 1985 at burglary of home in Vienna stolen, since then lost.