Anton Einsle
Self-Portrait at the age of 41

1841
Residenzgalerie Salzburg, 671
In memoriam Roman Szalay – donated by Anna Szalay.

Anton Einsle
Beatrix Einsle, née Weninger (24.6.1835 married Anton Einsle in Ofen; d 5.4.1882 aged 67)

c 1845
Residenzgalerie Salzburg, 672
In memoriam Roman Szalay – donated by Anna Szalay.

Anton Einsle
Marie von Telzscher/Teltscher, née Einsle (1839–1892) – daughter of Anton Einsle

c 1860
Residenzgalerie Salzburg, 673
In memoriam Roman Szalay – donated by Anna Szalay.

Anton Einsle
Anna Hüffel, née Einsle (1852–1922) – daughter of Anton Einsle

c 1870
Residenzgalerie Salzburg, 674
In memoriam Roman Szalay – donated by Anna Szalay.

On public view for the first time are four paintings from the assortment donated (in memory of Roman Szalay) by Anna Szalay to the Residenzgalerie Salzburg on 26 November 2024. All four works, by Anton Einsle, had always been in the possession of the family until the donation.
The successful painter, regarded as the official portraitist of the young Franz Joseph I, had his own studio in the Hofburg [the imperial palace]. Here, between 1848 and 1850, he painted some 30 portraits of the emperor. In 1832, while working for the Austro-Hungarian Palatine, he met the singer Beatrix Weninger at a concert in Budapest. The roll of paper she holds, which bears the title “Faust” and “Louis Spohr”, is presumably music from the singspiel Faust composed by Spohr (1784–1859) and premièred in Prague in 1816. The portrait of Beatrix and the artist’s Self-portrait are painted so that the two are turned towards each other, and the paintings can be termed a “couple portrait”. In addition, portraits of their daughters Marie and Anna are still in the possession of their descendants, forming a family portrait series with those of the parents.