Auctioned as Bildnis des Abtes Beda Seeauer (1716–1785) von St. Peter in Salzburg. This image is actually a portrait of Abbot Anton Moser of the Abbey Michaelbeuern, according to vol. 10 of the Österreichische Kunsttopographie. Full reference: Österreichische Kunsttopographie. Band X: Die Denkmale des Politischen Bezirkes Salzburg. Von Paul Buberl. Archivalischer Teil von Franz Martin (Wien: Schroll, 1913), part 1, page 532.
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