Petting Franz Eusebius

Unknown artist

(17th c.), hr. Mdz., 28.2 x 18.4 (24.1 x 16.0). 'Francesco E [v] sebio Di Petting Conte/Del S. R. [J] I. Sig r. In Ober Falkenstein &/Cav r. Del Toson D 'Oro, Ambassador Per,/S. M ta. Ces a. In Ispagna &.'( inscription under the portrait). Bust ¾ in l. Hair with a compartment symmetrically falling on the shoulders; mustache, tuft of beards under the lip. In the wax and lined collar with protruding binding weeds, laminated order sash by p. The arm and the order of the Golden Fleece on a metaloplastic chain from altered cells. In an oval with a uniformly embroidered background in a diamond grille on parallel lines with a profiled frame of the rim, inscribed in parallel with a ragged rectangle. On the reverse Bake Blue: 'ST. B.’. Traces of pap. and glue after primary passepartout.