Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. (1741-1807)
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Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. (1741-1807)

'Fatima the Fair Sultana': a woman in oriental dress, three-quarter-length

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Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. (1741-1807)
'Fatima the Fair Sultana': a woman in oriental dress, three-quarter-length
oil on copper
3¾ x 2¾ in. (9.5 x 7 cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The present work can be regarded as a 'fancy' painting of a whimsical subject. However, an earlier description of a fair Sultana named Fatima exists in a letter from Mary Wortley Montagu to her sister in 1718:
'I was led into a large room, with a sofa the whole length of it...where I was desired to repose till the Sultana appeared...but she did not seem to me to have ever been half so beautiful as the fair Fatima I saw at Adrianople'.

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