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| Keywords: Johann Georg Weikert 004.jpg attributed to title Ballett Der Triumph der Liebe zur Hochzeit Kaiser Josef II und Marie-Joséphine-Antoinette von Bayern Fête Organized to Celebrate the Marriage of the Emperor Joseph II to Princess Marie-Josèphe of Bavaria 23/24 January 1765 Représentation du ballet-pantomime le Triomphe de l'amour donné à l ™occasion du mariage de Joseph II avec Marie-Joséphine-Antoinette de Bavière 24 janvier 1765 Trionfo dell' Amore 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 Schoenbrunn 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 Il dipinto raffigura i figli minori dell'imperatrice Maria Teresa Ferdinando Carlo e Massimiliano Francesco danzano un balletto con la sorella Maria Antonietta Il titolo della danza era Il Trionfo d'Amore musica da Florian Leopold Gassmann su libretto di Metastasio Lo spettacolo fu recitato a Schonbrunn nel gennaio del 1765 in occasione delle nozze dell'imperatore Giuseppe II con Maria di Baviera Questo dipinto è stato attribuito a Weikert 1745-1799 e una copia è conservata a Versailles 1765 Oil on canvas cm 280 212 Institution Versailles Salle des Gardes du Petit Trianon 000PE007487 fr copie d'après un original à la Hofburg à Vienne accession number MV 3945 ; INV 2183 ; B 1903 http //www rmn fr/Enfance-d-une-archiduchesse other versions <gallery> Marie Antoinette Young6 jpg Hofburg Vienna Marie Antoinette Dancing jpg Hofburg Vienna Johann Georg_Weikert 005 jpg detail </gallery> PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT Weikert Habsburg-Lorraine Johann Georg Weikert 18th-century portrait paintings in the Musée national du Château de Versailles Interior of the Petit Trianon Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria Marie Antoinette of Austria as a child 1765 in theatre 1765 oil on canvas paintings in France 1765 portrait paintings 18th-century oil portraits of children at full length Dance in paintings Palace Theatre Schönbrunn Pietro Metastasio Triumph of Love | ||||
