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| Keywords: Johann Georg Weikert 003.jpg Artwork en Fête Organized to Celebrate the Marriage of the Emperor Joseph II to Princess Marie-Josèphe of Bavaria 23/24 January 1765 oil canvas cm 183 145 en until recently in an American collection en One of three versions of this subject attributed for many years to Weikert who became one the most favored Austrian Court painters in the reign of the Empress Maria Theresa Weikert enjoyed a successful career in painting numerous portraits of the Empress and the ten of her sixteen children to survive to adulthood The attribution of the Schonborn painting and the other versions is no longer securely given to this artist however but to an unknown painter working at the Court of Maria Theresia It is the subject however which is of special interest The occasion was a performance written and performed by the Imperial children to celebrate their eldest brother Joseph ™s marriage to Princess Marie-Josèphe of Bavaria on 23 January 1765 The role of cupid was played by the Archduke Maximilian while the Archduke Ferdinand portrayed the Groom and the Archduchess Marie-Antoinette the Bride The young ladies from left to right were Countesses Christine and Thérèse von Clary und Aldringen and Countesses Christine and Pauline von Auersperg The male roles were played by Frederick Landgraf von Furstenberg Count Franz Xavier von Auersperg and Counts Joseph and Wenceslas von Clary und Aldringen The first version of the painting remains in Vienna in the Schönbrunn Palace; a second version was commissioned from the artist in 1778 by Marie-Antoinette to hang in her dining-room in the Grand Trianon and is now in the Versailles Museum ; this third version commissioned by another of the participants was until recently in an American collection http //www artnet de/artwork/425315557/424633596/johann-georg-weikert-fete-organized-to-celebrate-the-marriage-of-the-emperor-joseph-ii-to-princess-marie-josephe-of-bavaria-2324-january-1765 html 1765 Creator Johann Georg Weikert 000PE007487 accession number MV 3945 PD-old-100 Other versions Johann Georg Weikert Paintings in the Palace of Schönbrunn | ||||
