Portrait of the Empress Maria-Theresa of Austria
Artist
Martin van Meytens II
(Swedish, 1695 – 1770)
Dateca. 1745–1750
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions79 x 54 3/4 in. (200.7 x 139.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN325
Empress Maria-Theresa of Austria was one of the most important monarchs of her day. Though her father Charles VI named her as his successor, her claim to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire was contested. This was a cause of the Austrian War of Succession, which lasted from 1740 to 1748. The war embroiled much of Europe, including Britain, and led to the Seven Years' War in which the Marquis of Granby was a hero.
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