Code: 10452
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Unusual miniature of an officer, known as Johann Modeska, with brown short hair. His right eye is covered by a black patch. He is wearing a blue jacket, silver buttons and high red collar with black stock beneath. Austrian C1810. Glazed gilded bezel frame with sitter's details written on reverse which read:
Captain of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army. Johann Modeska died on 26 May 1818. He was director of the count's Waldstein castle Dux in Bohemia (the castle is now called Duchcov Castle. It is located in the town of the same name near Treplice in the Czech Republic).He was a friend of Casanova (the famous seducer of women), who worked as a librarian in this castle.
10.10.1911 A. Frankenberger
Ivory Registration #: 3GQ8QC93
