A Life Etched in Ivory: The World of Moritz Michael Daffinger Moritz Michael Daffinger, a name synonymous with the delicate grace of Biedermeier portraiture, was born into an artistic lineage in Vienna in 1790. His father, Johann Leopold Daffinger, a painter at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, laid the foundation for Moritz’s early immersion in the world of art. Even as a young boy, displaying remarkable talent, he contributed designs to his mother's glove-making business, foreshadowing the meticulous detail that would define his later work. At just eleven years old, Daffinger formally en…