Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A. (Florence 1728-1815 Lisbon), after Angelica Kauffman (Chur, Switzerland 1741-1807 Rome)

A group portrait of King Ferdinand IV of Naples and his family

Details

Attributed to Francesco Bartolozzi, R.A. (Florence 1728-1815 Lisbon), after Angelica Kauffman (Chur, Switzerland 1741-1807 Rome)
A group portrait of King Ferdinand IV of Naples and his family
pencil, black and red chalk on paper watermarked 'WHATMAN'
18 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (47.6 x 60.7 cm.)

Provenance

with The Maas Gallery, London, by 1961, where purchased by
Walter Brandt, and by descent to the present owner.

Literature

O. Sandner, Angelika Kauffman und Rom, Rome, 1998. p. 33, fig. 26 (as by Kauffman).

Lot Essay

Traditionallly attributed to Angelica Kauffman, whose group portrait of King Ferdinand and his family it is after, the present drawing is in fact by Bartolozzi, and is probably the drawing used by Mariano Bovi for his stipple engraving of the painting. Details such as the lack of sashes on the King and his son identify it as relating to the final version of the painting in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, rather than the modello in the Lichtenstein collection.

We are grateful to Dr. Bettina Baumgärtel for her help with the present catalogue entry.

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