Franz Seraph Stirnbrandcirca 1788 Croatia - 1882 StuttgartKarl Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg - Amalie Christine Caroline, Princess of FürstenbergTwo portraits. The first painting monogrammed \"ST\" (ligated) and dated 1821 lower right. Oil on panel. Each 27.5 x 22 cm. Restored. Minor damage. Minor damage to frame of that period.Cf. Boetticher, Friedrich von, Malerwerke des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Volume II, 2. Leipzig (reprint) 1941, page 843, numbers 9-11: Christoph Becker used these paintings from the Stuttgart State Gallery for a stylistic comparison. Provenance: listed twice in the \"Eigenhändigen Einnahmebuch von Stirnbrand\" between 1820 and 1822 and the order numbers 339 and 340 as \"Fürst von Fürstenberg\". - Listed in the inventory of the Karlsruhe Palace 1859 with the location \"rechter Schloß-Flügel, III. Etage, Vordere Zimmer, No. 19, Kleines Cabinetchen des Fremden-Quartier\" and inscribed as \"Abgang pro 1869\". - Court lady of the Princess of Fürstenberg, who, according to the French inscription on the back of the frame of the portrait of the Prince, received the portraits as a bequest after Amalie's death in 1869, before she returned to her homeland in Switzerland. - Private owner, French Switzerland until 1996. - Private owner, South Germany.Dr. Christoph Becker confirmed the Stirnbrand's authorship of the present paintings in a direct comparison with the paintings in the Stuttgart State Gallery in 1997. Dimensions Je 27,5 x 22 cm Artist or Maker Franz Seraph Stirnbrand um 1788 Kroatien - 1882 Stuttgart Medium Holz Date Condition Report Rest. Min. besch Notes RefFine