Lot Essay
This picture bears an old label on the stretcher identifying the hand as a certain Zucchi Maderno, an artist whose oeuvre is as yet unexplored by art historical scholarship.
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Portrait of a girl, bust-length, traditionally identified as Marie-Anne-Françoise-Thérèse-Joséphine-Médarde, (1804-1858), Archiduchess of Austria, in a painted oval
Details
Italian School, CIRCA 1814
Portrait of a girl, bust-length, traditionally identified as Marie-Anne-Françoise-Thérèse-Joséphine-Médarde, (1804-1858), Archiduchess of Austria, in a painted oval
oil on canvas
22 1/8 x 17 ¼ in. (56.3 x 43.8 cm.)
Portrait of a girl, bust-length, traditionally identified as Marie-Anne-Françoise-Thérèse-Joséphine-Médarde, (1804-1858), Archiduchess of Austria, in a painted oval
oil on canvas
22 1/8 x 17 ¼ in. (56.3 x 43.8 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) the Italian royal collection, and by descent to
Amélie of Orléans, Queen of Portugal (1865-1951).
with Roger Imbert, Paris, 1971, where (probably) acquired by the late owner.
Amélie of Orléans, Queen of Portugal (1865-1951).
with Roger Imbert, Paris, 1971, where (probably) acquired by the late owner.
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