A portrait miniature of a gentleman with a white cravat, Franz Lieder, Austrian School, circa 1807

aquarelle and gouache on ivory, oval, signed and dated 1807, within a gilt-metal frame on a larger ivory and burrwood frame

 

very pretty. the wood frame with cracks and loss For all sales which take place on or after 1 February 2015, please note that the rate of buyer's premium for each lot (charged as a percentage of the hammer price achieved for that lot) has been revised and shall be calculated at the thresholds set out below: Buyer's premium is 25% of the hammer price up to and including £100,000; Buyer's premium is 20% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £100, 000 up to and including £1,800,000; Buyer's premium is 12% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £1,800,000. As stated above, the revised thresholds are effective as of 1 February 2015.
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Friedrich Johann Gottlieb Lieder, called Franz, (1780-1859) was a painter of miniature portraits in watercolours and oil, as well as a lithographer, and exhibited at the Academy of Berlin in 1797 and 1802. In 1804, he went to Paris where he became a pupil of the celebrated painter David. After his marriage, he worked in Budapest, Pressburg and from about 1810 in Vienna. He was very successful and was a protégé of the statesman Metternich (1773-1859). Between 1816 and 1819, he lived in Berlin where he painted the Royal Family and became a painter to Frederick William III.