P. Schmitz, 1774

Portrait of Maria Eleonora Gräfin von Lamberg (b. 1756), three-quarter-length, in a lace-edged white dress with pink bows and black lace, wearing the badge of an Order

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P. Schmitz, 1774
Portrait of Maria Eleonora Gräfin von Lamberg (b. 1756), three-quarter-length, in a lace-edged white dress with pink bows and black lace, wearing the badge of an Order
signed and dated 'P. Schmits Senior/Pinxit 1774' (lower left); with indistinct inscription 'Maria Eleonora fräule gräfin v Lamberg gebor[...]/den 19 febr. 756 aufgeschborne Stifts Dame/in dem illustren stift. S^t: Marien in Capitolio/zu Köln am [...] zu 21 jul.773 alldage/madeleine anno 774 von dem fürtre[...]. herrn P:Schmitz gemaltz' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas, unlined
89.2 x 73.6 cm.

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Please note this lot is illustrated as lot 47 on page 35 of the printed catalogue

Lot Essay

The artist may be the same as the P.A. Schmitz by whom there is a signed portrait, dated 1749, of a canon in the Pfarrhaus of St. Kunibert, Cologne, and also a Portrait of a clergyman in St. George's, Cologne. It is possible that he is the same as the Peter Augustin Schmitz elected as a Master in the Cologne painters' guild in 1719. The signature 'P. Schmitz Senior' would be understandable given the presence in the city of Peter Joseph Schmitz, court painter to the Kurfürsts Clemens August and Maximilain Friedrich of Cologne.

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