Attributed to Gottfried Bernhard Goetz (1708-1774)
Ivory tablet notebook and pencil circa 1750
Ivory, gold, wood, watercolour on ivory | RCIN 9344
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Attributed to Gottfried Bernhard Goetz (1708-1774)
Ivory tablet notebook and pencil circa 1750
![Ivory tablet notebook and pencil Ivory tablet notebook and pencil](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/b/0/329878-1350402410.jpg?itok=uQpWrfmW)
Attributed to Gottfried Bernhard Goetz (1708-1774)
Ivory tablet notebook and pencil circa 1750
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A cartouche-shaped ivory tablet hinged book and pencil, the front inset inset with a glazed and gold-framed watercolour of Empress Maria Theresa with her son, Joseph (b. 1741). The framed portrait she holds on her left has a crown surmount and, rather than her husband, Francis I of Lorraine (1708-65), it may represent her father, the Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740) , whose Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 enabled her to claim her inheritance as a female in line to the succession (see also RCIN 420692-3). The miniaturist has been identified with reference to a very similar engraving, published by Gottfried Bernhard Goetz c. 1745-50. The reverse of the tablet is decorated with a crowned cypher MT. A pencil is attached to the side, surmounted by a gold crown.
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Medium and techniques
Ivory, gold, wood, watercolour on ivory