Lot Essay
According to an inscription on the backing paper, Rudolfine, daughter of Hans Gottlob von Kirchbach and Sophie Renate von Nauendorf, married Hans von Braun in 1785 and secondly Comte de Montessuy.
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A lady called Comtesse Rudolfine de Montessuy (b. 1770), in lace-bordered white dress with gold-set clasp at left shoulder, mustard yellow cashmere stole draped around her shoulders, her dark hair curled and upswept
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MARIE-ROSE ISABEY (FRENCH, 1814-1861)
A lady called Comtesse Rudolfine de Montessuy (b. 1770), in lace-bordered white dress with gold-set clasp at left shoulder, mustard yellow cashmere stole draped around her shoulders, her dark hair curled and upswept
signed 'Mdm Isabey' (mid-right)
watercolour and pencil on paper
oval, 5 3/8 in. (135 mm.) high, ormolu mount with sylized trefoil surround
A lady called Comtesse Rudolfine de Montessuy (b. 1770), in lace-bordered white dress with gold-set clasp at left shoulder, mustard yellow cashmere stole draped around her shoulders, her dark hair curled and upswept
signed 'M
watercolour and pencil on paper
oval, 5 3/8 in. (135 mm.) high, ormolu mount with sylized trefoil surround
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