Count Giacomo Durazzo (1717–1794) in the Guise of a Huntsman with His Wife (Ernestine Aloisia Ungnad von Weissenwolff, 1732–1794), probably early 1760s, Oil on canvas, 90 1/8 x 75 in. (228.9 x 190.5 cm), Paintings, Martin van Meytens the Younger (Swedish, 1695–1770), The sitter, a Genoese diplomat, arrived in Vienna in 1749. A year later he married a socially prominent eighteen-year-old beauty, Ernestine Aloisia Ungnad von Weissenwolff. As director of the imperial theaters from 1754 until 1764, Durazzo promoted Gluck's reform of Italian opera
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Count Giacomo Durazzo, 1717–1794, Guise, Huntsman, Wife, Ernestine Aloisia Ungnad von Weissenwolff, 1732–1794, early 1760s, Oil, canvas, 90 1/8 x 75, 228.9 190.5 cm, Paintings, Martin van Meytens the Younger, Swedish, 1695–1770, sitter, Genoese diplomat, arrived, Vienna, 1749, year later, married, socially prominent, eighteen-year-old, beauty, Aloisia, Ungnad, von, Weissenwolff, director, imperial theaters, 1754, 1764, Durazzo promoted, Gluck, reform, Italian opera
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