ABSTRACT

On February 2, 1716, Johanna Theresia Lamberg, the countess of Harrach, died in her palace in Vienna at the age of 77. Johanna Theresia Lamberg, the daughter, wife, and mother of imperial ambassadors to Madrid, was an exporter of some products designed to enhance the body, which were developed at the Spanish court and highly valued in Vienna. Along with her mother, Judith Rebecca, and her sister Helena, Johanna was a frequent visitor at the court of Philip IV. In 1659 Johanna Theresia met one of the noblemen in Madrid who knew the most about perfumes: the seventh duke of Montalto. On November 27, 1676, Johanna and her children reached Vienna after a three-month journey. The popularity of Spanish culture clearly had diminished since Empress Margarita's death three years earlier, and the countess was well prepared, making good use of the clothes she had bought in Lyon.