A young lady, in light brown dress, red stole draped over her right shoulder, gold pendant suspended from a thin black ribbon necklace, short curling brown hair

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GUILLERMO DUCKER (HISPANO-DUTCH, FL. C. 1799-1811)
A young lady, in light brown dress, red stole draped over her right shoulder, gold pendant suspended from a thin black ribbon necklace, short curling brown hair
signed and dated 'G. Du[...] 1811' (lower left) and inscribed and dated on the tin backing 'Pintado en Madrid en Enero 1811. Edad 23 año[s].'
rectangular, 3 1/8 x 2 5/16 in. (80 x 59 mm.), gilt-metal mount

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Lot Essay

The Dutchman Guillermo Ducker (or Duker) worked in Madrid, mainly for the Spanish court and the aristocracy, notably the ducal family of Osuna. He was friendly with Goya. For further information, see M. C. Espinosa Martín, Iluminaciones, pequeños retratos y miniaturas en la Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid, 1999, pp. 224-225, and M. Tomás, La miniatura retrato en España, Barcelona, 1953, pp. 73-74.

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