The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III

FRANZ JOSEPH NOORTWYCK | PORTRAIT OF MARIA AMALIA OF SAXONY, DUCHESS OF THE PALATINE-ZWEIBRÜCKEN (1757-1831)

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December 5, 07:06 PM GMT

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FRANZ JOSEPH NOORTWYCK

Anholt, Westphalia 1767 - 1788 Duerkheim

PORTRAIT OF MARIA AMALIA OF SAXONY, DUCHESS OF THE PALATINE-ZWEIBRÜCKEN (1757-1831)

Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gold frame, glazed reverse;

signed centre right: Noortwyck. p: 1786

52 by 42 mm.

Please note the following amendments to the printed catalogue This lot contains ivory. Due to recent changes in the laws of many countries (e.g. US, France) Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict the import of elephant ivory and prohibit the import of African elephant ivory. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with CITES licence applications where a buyer elects to either collect or arrange their own shipping, nor will Sotheby's assist with the international movement of ivory by air, either as freight or through hand carry. Sotheby's shipping will only assist in shipping the lot to either domestic UK or EU destinations, where delivery is made by road transport. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation.

Sale, Luzern, Galerie Fischer, 18 May 1946, lot 606;

Ernst Holzscheiter (d. 1962), Meilen, by 1947;

sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 June 1986, lot 22

Schidlof, 1964, vol. II, pp. 612, 1037, vol. IV, no. 881, pl. 430

Zurich, 1955, no. 384 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter);

Geneva, 1956, no. 323 (lent by Ernst Holzscheiter)

The sitter was one of nine children of Frederick, Elector of Saxony and Maria Antonia of Bavaria. She was a great granddaughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor. In 1774 in Dresden, she married Charles Zweibrucken-Birkenfold, who succeeded as Duke of Zweibrucken the following year. In this portrait the duchess is wearing the Bavarian Order of Saint Elizabeth.