20 years old Isabella, Countess of Tauffkirchen-Engelberg in a painting for the Gallery of Beauties, painted by Joseph Karl Stieler in 1829

Maria Isabella Theresa of Tauffkirchen-Engelberg or Isabella, Countess of Tauffkirchen-Engelberg (11 March 1808, Munich - 13 June 1855 Świdnica) was a Bavarian noblewoman of the 19th century. She appeared in the Gallery of Beauties gathered by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in 1828.[1]

Life

Countess Isabella was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria on 11 March 1808. She was the daughter of Count Maximilian Emanuel Joseph Maria Carl of Tauffkirchen zu Guttenburg und Engelburg (1778-1858), and his wife, Countess Maria Anna von Lodron-Laterano und Castell Romano (1782-1825). Her father attended the military academy and acquired engineering skills there. He held court positions.[2]

On April 20, 1830, she married Count Hektor Julian Roman von Kwilecki auf Kwicz in the Grand Duchy of Posen (Prussia, now Poland). They had two sons together. The marriage ended with the death of her husband on August 30, 1843. Countess Isabella died in 1855 in Świdnica, Poland.[3][4]

Portrait

In 1828, she was invited by King Ludwig I of Bavaria to model for Joseph Stieler so that aristocrats might also be included in the collection and raise its value in the eyes of the public, by portraying women of all social classes. Her portrait was one of the original ten models for the Gallery of Beauties[5]

She wears an Italian red velvet renaissance robe with puffy white, semi-transparent puffed sleeves and a red gathered hat with gold ribbons to emphisize her Italian background.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ S. K. Ludovic, "A King's Gallery of Beauty" Strand Magazine (January 1902): 16-23.
  2. ↑ 초상화로 보는 인물들 이야기, https://brunch.co.kr/@elara1020/209
  3. ↑ Gerhard Hojer: Isabella Gräfin Tauffkirchen in: Die Schönheitsgalerie König Ludwigs I. Verlag Schnell & Steiner Regensburg, 6. Auflage 2006, S. 56. Die Beschreibung des Bildes erfolgte anhand des Porträts.
  4. ↑ Potomkowie Sejmu Wielkiego http://www.sejm-wielki.pl › ... Maria Izabela Teresa Tauffkirchen (M.J. Minakowski, Genealogia ..., http://www.sejm-wielki.pl/b/13.565.177
  5. ↑ Flickr https://www.flickr.com › photos Isabella Countess Tauffkirchen (11 March 1808 - 13 June 1855), https://www.flickr.com/photos/1way/713084090
  6. ↑ Gerhard Hojer: Isabella Gräfin Tauffkirchen in: Die Schönheitsgalerie König Ludwigs I. Verlag Schnell & Steiner Regensburg, 6. Auflage 2006, S. 10.
  7. ↑ Flickr, <https://www.flickr.com/photos/1way/713084090
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