Emperor Franz Joseph and His Bride Going Out for a Drive in Ischl
Artist: Johann Erdmann Gottlieb Prestel (German, 1804-1885)
Date: 1853-1854
Medium: Oil painting
Location: Imperia Carriage Museum
Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, Austria
Description
This picture, which was the property of the Imperial Office of the Master of the Horses, depicts the first joint ride of Emperor Francis Joseph and his bride, Princess Elisabeth in Bavaria. This took place near Bad Ischl on 21 August 1853. The young couple is sitting in a carriage called a landschützer, which is being driven by Count Grünne, a close friend of the Emperor. The landschützer, an open carriage for the country, is harnessed to six horses in the wild gang manner. In this type of harnessing, which comes from Hungary, two horses are harnessed to the shaft while four are harnessed parallel in front of them.
Depicted People:
Franz Joseph I of Austria
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
