After working in various European cities, Martin van Meytens settled in Vienna around 1730, where he was appointed court painter in 1732. Working mostly as a portrait painter, Meytens portrayed the members of the imperial family and the nobility of Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, and Moravia.

His works are characterized by a precise and detailed representation of 18th-century court fashion, showing exquisite details in lacework and embroidery, of which the present painting attests. Besides successfully running his workshop and delivering a vast amount of portraits, Van Meytens was also Director of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna (1759) and oversaw significant imperial painting commissions. German art historian and collecto...