Emperor Franz Josef I. 1917 (copy)

1917 copy of the original 1914 portrait of the emperor.
For image description see the original's entry (cross-references)

JQAW# _1917_200
Oil on canvass 107 x 83 cm.
Signature: John Quincy Ɑdams 1917
Picture: edited private photograph
Private collection Austria

Franz Joseph I. Emperor of Austria Österreich, King of Hungary 18. 8. 1830 (Wien-Schönbrunn) to 21. 11. 1916 (Wien-Schönbrunn). For his biography see his entry in OeBL.

A further (1917) copy of the 1914 portrait of the emperor identical to the original. Another copy from 1916 in reduced size (half-portrait instead of 3/4 portrait) has also survived. The copies were commissioned by emperor Karl from the artist in 1916/1917. The 1916 copy went into the imperial collections (now in the Belvedere museum); the 1917 copy remained with the artist.

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Provenance

1917-1933 with the artist.
1933-1947 his estate (in storage).
1947-? Harriet von Walderdorff, the artists daughter, Salzburg.
? (1949 or ca. 1969?) to house Habsburg,
Private collection Austria.