International studio (27.1905/1906(1906))

Exhibition of Miniatur es at Vienna

To illustrate miniature paintingin its early stages,
Dr. Figdor lent an ancient illuminated folio MS.,
“ Genealogia und Beschreibung aller der Kheven-
hüller und Khevenhüllerin,” etc., by Georg Moss-
hammer—a work completed about 1625 and con-
taining no less than fifty-two miniature portraits of
members of the Khevenhiiller family, which dates
its patent of nobility from the fourteenth Century.
The oldest miniature in the exhibition, also lent by
Dr. Figdor, was that of a noble lady dressed in rieh
robes, playing with a greyhound. It is by a French
miniaturist of the sixteenth Century, and is painted
in water colours on paper.

COUNT FRANZ ERNST HARRACH BY M. DAFFINGER
(By permission of Count Johann zu Harrach)
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Of the seventeenth Century there were many
beautiful and rare specimens, notably of the French
school, and in particular the portrait of Moliere in
purple costume, painted on copper; ALazann, in
oil on copper, a particularly fine example, depicting
the great statesman in a masterly manner; Louis
de Conde, Prince de Boiu'bon, with long wavy hair
flowing over his shoulders, and deep lace collar.
Dr. Gustav Jurie, von Lavandal, to whom these two
belong, also possesses sorae fine examples of the
Dutch school of the seventeenth Century, including
a portrait of Oliver C7'omivell., painted on wood, and
the portrait of a young man, painted in oil on
tortoiseshell, the only one of the kind shown.
Another interesting series was that lent by Frau
Theresia Mayr, who possesses many fine specimens.
Her loan included a portrait of James I, King of

SIDONIE, COUNTESS POTOCICA BY M. DAFFINGER
(Figdor Collection)

BY H. FÜGER

In addition to the miniature portraits on ivory,
parchment, silk, paper, and copper, there were a
number of “pictures in little” of interiors, land-
scapes, and views of the city of Vienna, interesting
as mementos of vanished scenes.
There were specimens of the English, French,
Dutch, German, Italian, and Austrian (or, as we
should prefer to say, Viennese) schools.

EMPRESS THERESE, CONSORT OF
EMPEROR FRANCIS I.
(Figdor Collection)