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JUNE 23, 2025
Estate Sales : from the collections of Charles Deering, Chicago, IL, | Chicago Institute University Library | The National Art Club | Chubb Insurance
RARE PORTRAIT
RUDOLPHUS IV
CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
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LOT 223
Title: Rudolphus IV, Rare Portrait
Medium: Oil Painting, verso wood panel has the stamp of the Bundesdenkmalamt, the Austrian Federal Cultural Heritage & Symbol of Vienna's oldest seal.
Size: 11.2 x 8.2 in, width (28.4 x 20.8 cm, width)
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This rare painting is 1 of 2 famous portraits depicting Duke Rudolf IV "the Founder" from the House of Habsburg (1339-1365). The other portrait is on permanent display in the Dom Museum Wien, Vienna. It is considered the oldest, most realistic portrait in the Western World and probably created in 1360.
Verso wood panel has the stamp of the Bundesdenkmalamt, the Austrian Federal Cultural Heritage & Symbol of Vienna's oldest seal.
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