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It was previously thought to represent his elder brother, Francis Stephen (1708-1765), Duke of Lorraine and later Emperor Francis I, married to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Charles-Alexander married Maria Theresa’s only sister, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, on 7 January 1744, and they were joint Governors of the Austrian Netherlands, representing Empress Maria Theresa. After Maria Anna’s untimely death in December 1844, he effectively continued to be Governor until he died. \r\n\r\nCharles-Alexander was also one of the principal military commanders of the Austrian army. This suffered several defeats by Frederick the Great of Prussia, most decisively at the Battle of Leuthen, 5 December 1757 (part of the Seven Years War). Following this, Maria Theresa demanded the resignation of Charles-Alexander.\r\n\r\nThe sculptor, Jacques Bergé (1693-1756) was born in Brussels. He was a pupil of the French sculptor Nicholas Coustou and worked for several years in Rome before returning in 1722 to work in Brussels, where he died. ","physicalDescription":"This bust represents Francis Duke of Lorraine on a predestal in costume looking to the right. 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Vol I</u>. London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1868, p. 5"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bergé, W. <u>Jacques Bergé, Brussels Beeldhouwer 1696-1756</u>, Dissertation Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, 1978, pp. 98-102, 423.424, no 52."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Maldague, Jacques. 'La Fontaine monumentale du Grand Sablon à  Brusselles', <u>Le folklore brabançon</u>, ccv, 1975, p. 119"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"In the monography on Jacques Bergé the bust is identified as Francis I of Austria ('Willem BERGÉ, Jacques Bergé. Brussels beeldhouwer, 1696-1756', in: <u>Verhandelingen van de Koninklijke Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der Schone Kunsten</u>, jg. 48, nr. 41, Brussel, 1986, p. 88-89, 201, 208, 225, nr. 52, afb. 26). This identification was maintained by Geraldiné PATINY, 'Le mécénat autrichien envers la sculpture à Bruxelles', in: <u>Actes du colloque Autour de Bayar/Le Ro</u>, Namen, 2006, p. 206-207. For the identification as Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine see Alain JACOBS, 'Les portraits sculptés de Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine', in: <u>Revue belge d’archéologie et d’histoire de l’art</u>, 82, 2013, p. 92-94, afb. 13."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Francis I","id":"N8117"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"bust","id":"AAT47457"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["7905-1863"],"accessionNumberNum":"7905","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1863,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-06-23","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":true}}