Retrospect | Empress Elisabeth of Austria | Dorotheum Auction Week April 2017

Retrospect | Empress Elisabeth of Austria painted by Carl Theodor von Piloty and Franz Adam | Dorotheum Auction Week April 2017

The historic painting, which the future Empress Elisabeth of Austria gave to Francis Joseph of Austria in 1853, the year of their engagement, garnered €1,540,000 at the 19th century paintings auction on 27 April 2017. The sum was far higher than the painting’s estimate.