# Franz Xaver Richter von Binnenthal

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## Artwork

- Artist: [KRAFFT, Johann Peter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 53 x 43 cn

## Commentary

The mood of the time is very evident in the matching pair of portrait&#39;s of Franz Xaver Richter von Binnenthal, who was a Viennese official who had been ennobled, and his wife, Maria Angelica Richter von Binnenthal, née Freiin von Zach. The graceful wife bears the 25-year difference in age from her husband with the same dignity as he wears his 1814 medal. Moreover, the colours of the clothing are skillfully balanced: her black dress with its white collar is the inversion of his Habsburg uniform. Her white lace collar also indicates a fashion during the Restoration, when the house of Habsburg liked to look back to its old Spanish empire.

## Related artworks

- [Equestrian Portrait of Franz I](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/equestrian-portrait-of-franz-i-raad15cc39bfb3f>)
- [Faust on Easter Morning](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/faust-on-easter-morning-rd7904cb7b2184c>)
- [Maria Angelica Richter von Binnenthal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/maria-angelica-richter-von-binnenthal-rc4403dd67ba084>)
- [Portrait of Count Ferenc Barkóczy](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/portrait-of-count-ferenc-barkczy-re5c0ccf3f5c42f>)
- [Ruggiero and Angelica](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/ruggiero-and-angelica-r0fb394213ef940>)
- [The Attack of Zrinyi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/krafft-johann-peter-r09d8b4d45230f6/the-attack-of-zrinyi-r421cf8ba55d21e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)