The Imperial Count Moritz Christian Fries with his Wife Maria Theresia Josepha (née Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst) and his Son Moritz

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The Imperial Count Moritz Christian Fries with his Wife Maria Theresia Josepha (née Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst) and his Son Moritz
Familie Fries
Datec. 1805

Artist François Pascal Simon Gérard (1770 Rom – 1837 Paris)

Object typePainting
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
223 × 163,5 cm
SignatureSign. unten links: F. GÉRARD
Inventory number3386
Location Upper Belvedere
The young family presents its private side: Imperial Count Moritz Christian Fries (1777–1826) is wearing riding gear; his wife Maria Theresia, née Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1779–1819), is dressed in a fashionable, high-waisted dress and wears no jewelry. Their one-year-old son Moritz is lying naked in the crib. Allusions to the family’s high social status can, however, be seen in the classical architecture in the background and in the lady’s sumptuous cashmere shawl and velvet footrest. The count was an important banker and patron of the arts in 19th-century Vienna and commissioned François Gérard, one of the most sought-after portraitists of the French aristocracy, to paint this large-scale picture of his family.

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