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Ignaz Unterberger (Cavalese/South Tyrol 1748 - 1797 Vienna)

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Ignaz Unterberger (Cavalese/South Tyrol 1748 - 1797 Vienna)
Ignaz Unterberger (Cavalese/South Tyrol 1748 - 1797 Vienna) Portrait of Count Ferenc Kohary,oil on canvas,104 x 81,5 cm, old, carved, gilt frame, (Wo).€ 27.000 - 32.000 US $ 26.730 - 31.680 Provenance: Prinzessin Caroline von Sachsen-Coburg (rev. label:"Eigentum/I. K. H(HRH) Prinzessin Caroline von Sachsen-Coburg"); Exhibited: 1955 Atkins Museum of Fine Arts/Kansas City, Missouri, USA, on loan from Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (label on rev.). Expert's Report: Prof. Dr. Helmut Börsch-Supan,6. August 2001: an autograph work by Ignaz Unterberger Literature: Enikö Buzasi, in: "Acta Hist. Art. Hung."vol.34, 1989. p.235-243; Enikö Buzasi bases his convincing argument on the painting "Hebe den Adler des Zeus tränkend" in the Österreichische Galerie at the Belvedere, Vienna (Elfriede Baum, cat.,1980, vol.2, p.729,730), which on the right shows a near identical column wrapped in a curtain. E. Buzasi: cf. in "Zsanermetamorfozisok/The Metamorphosis of Themes", Budapest 1993, cat. p.180-182, No. A 24. A second version of the above painting, with a slight variation in hair style, can be found at the Museum of Antol, Hungary. Ignaz Unterberger, born into a large family of artists, was influenced by Mengs, Pompeo Batoni, and Anton von Maron. In 1776 he moved to Vienna. Batoni's influence in particular is apparent in the magnificent, richly decorated Hungarian dress, as well as in the statue of Athena. The count belonged to one of the richest families of Hungarian magnates and rose rapidly through numerous court appointments. In 1816 his only daughter Antonia (1797 -1862) married Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld and, upon her father's death, transferred his estate to her husband, from then on calling himself Duke of Coburg-Kohary. This explains how the painting came into the possession of the Sachsen-Coburgs.
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