Lot number 4225 - Auction 137
BILDNIS KURFÜRST MAXIMILAN III JOSEPH VON BAYERN MIT SCHOSSHUND, UM 1755

ATTRIBUTED TO GEORG DESMARÉES 1697 Stockholm - 1776 Munich PORTRAIT OF ELECTOR MAXIMILAN III JOSEPH OF BAVARIA WITH A LAPDOG, C. 1755 Oil on canvas (old relined). 84 x 67.5 cm (F. 92 x 76 cm). Verso: stretcher with old paper label: 'Painter: Georg Desmarées, .... , depicting Elector Max III Joseph of Bavaria. Painted around 1755 ...'. Min. old rest., soiled surface. Frame. The painting finds its equivalent in a double painting by George Desmarées from 1755, depicting Elector Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria and Count Johann Anton von Seeau, now in the Residenzmuseum in Munich. Provenance: Westphalian private collection.