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Mother-of-pearl, gold, miniature - watercolor, gouache. Biedermeier box inlaid with mother-of-pearl, miniature with a view of Vienna on top lid. Inscribed below the veduta: Wien von Heiligenstadt. Mirror on inside lid; sewing notions with mother-of-pear inside. Balthasar Wigand studied painting at the Academy in Vienna. He specialized in miniature paintings of vedute and historical events from the life of Vienna, especially from the Napoleonic wars. Acclaimed by his peers for his highly objective and topographical precision and the tiny formats of his watercolors and gouaches.