FRANZ XAVER WÃœRTH (1739-1813): SET OF EIGHT PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS OF ILLUSTRIOUS FIGURES FROM ANTIQUITY, VIENNA, CIRCA 1790, relief moulded plaster, four profiles to dexter and four to sinister, in the white on a pale blue washed ground, each named in raised gilt capitals and inscribed to the base rim 'F:X:WVRT F.', all in their gilt plaster square mounts within glazed giltwood frames, medallions 14.5cm diameter, frames 19.5cm square

See two others from the series, with the same frames and mounts, preserved in the Belvedere, Vienna (Inventory Nos. 5357/68). Franz Xaver Würth was a member of the famous family of Austrian goldsmiths, silversmiths, jewellers, bronziers and medallists, suppliers to the Imperial Court and renowned across the continent. A student of the goldsmith and designer Anton Mathias Domanöck (1713-1779) at the Imperial Royal United Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, he visited Rome several times in 1777-79 and is known principally for his fine medals.