Autograph pencil drawing signed and dated.
No place, 1848.
Single sheet, ca. 191 x 232 mm.
€ 8,000.00
The drawing shows a simple farmhouse built of wood and stone, signed and dated in the artist's own hand on the verso: "Elise. 1848". At the time, Elisabeth, later famous as "Sisi", Empress of Austria, was ten years old and lived at Possenhofen Castle on Lake Starnberg.
Minor stains and a little browned. Provenance: House of Wittelsbach (former Royal Family of Bavaria).