Portrait of Magdalene Sofie, Countess von Schönburg-Hartenstein, née Princess von Schwarzburg (1680-1751), standing three-quarter length, in a brocade dress set with pearls, a white chemise, a red velvet wrap lined with ermine, a diamond-shaped broche in her hair, on a terrace by a draped column, a mountainous landscape beyond

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Johann Christoph Morgenstern (Altenbourg 1697-1767 Rudolstadt)
Portrait of Magdalene Sofie, Countess von Schönburg-Hartenstein, née Princess von Schwarzburg (1680-1751), standing three-quarter length, in a brocade dress set with pearls, a white chemise, a red velvet wrap lined with ermine, a diamond-shaped broche in her hair, on a terrace by a draped column, a mountainous landscape beyond
signed and dated '.Morgenstern/pinxit.1727.' (lower left) and inscribed on the reverse of the lined canvas 'Magdalena Sophia Printzessin zu Schwartzburg Vermaelthe Gräffin zu Schoenburg Hartenstein. geb. 17 Febr. 1680/gem. v. Morgenstern 1727' and with the inventory number MO869 (in green) on the stretcher
oil on canvas
106.8 x 86.3 cm.

Provenance

Confiscated from Schloss Guteborn and brought to the depot at Gallerie Dresden, 1945.
Restituted to the heirs of the Schönburg-Waldenburg family, 2003.

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Lot Essay

The sitter married Georg Albert, Count von Schönburg-Hartenstein (d.1716) on 19 March 1711. She was the daughter of Christian Wilhelm, Fürst von Schwarzburg (1647-1721) and Antonie Sybille, Fürstin von Schwarzburg, née Countess von Barby (1641-1684).

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