Maria Theresa Appealing to the Hungarians at the Diet of Pressburg, 1741 1774

Etching | 13.8 x 8.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 613734

Launay, Nicolas de (d.1792)

Description

An etching of Maria Theresa of Austria, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, appealing to the Hungarians during the 1741 Diet of Pressburg. A full length portrait with her face turned to the upper left, wearing a dress and veil while carrying her firstborn son Joseph II. She is surrounded by members of the Hungarian nobility who wave their drawn swords in the air. The image is dated 1774 and the plate has been trimmed.
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Launay, Nicolas de (d.1792)
(engraver)

After
Search the collection Jean Michel Moreau le jeune (1741-1814)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Maria Theresa of Naples, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (1717-80)

Search the collection Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741-90)
Physical properties

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Etching

etching

Measurements

13.8 x 8.1 cm (sheet of paper)
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