Emperor Franz I of Austria in his Coronation Robes

Amerling was the favourite court painter and from 1830 one of the most popular artist in Vienna. His reputation was based on the life-size portrait of Emperor Franz in 1832. In this portrait the traditional Baroque attributes of a royal portrait are combined with a depiction of "natural man". This is what makes the portrait unconventional.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 11 minutes): Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Coronation Scene