Lot 495
Moritz Michael Daffinger (Austrian, 1790-1849)., "Lady with an Ermine Stole", miniature watercolor on ivory, signed lower right, 2 1/2 in. x 2 1/8 in. oval, in an antique tortoiseshell frame. Note: One of the most popular and successful miniature artists of his day, Daffinger received his initial training from his father who was a painter at the Imperial Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna. He later studied under Friedrich Heinrich Fuger (German, 1751-1818) at the Viennese Academy of Art. Daffinger was particularly admired by the Austrian Imperial family; at one time they owned almost a thousand of his works. Daffinger was so admired by the public that his portrait was on the Austrian 20 v
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