HUBER; THOMAS
1700 Festung Rheinfels - 1779 Berlin

Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady. Le Comtess de Kavenh黮ler. Signed and dated lower right: THuber .../175(?) .... Oil on canvas. 66 x 55cm. Original frame (?).

Verso:
An old writing "La Contessa de Kavenh黮ler".

The Khevenh黮ler family has its traditional seat in K鋜nten. This particular branch of the upper gentry experienced a high point under Maria Theresia.

The lady depicted here could be the wife of Johann Joseph von Khevenh黮ler; Countess Karolina of Metsch; heiress of the late Count of the Empire of Metsch; Imperial Vice-Chancellor Johann Adolf von Metsch.
Art trade; Van Ham.