A Capodimonte (Carlo III) group of an Artist painting the portrait of a Lady

CIRCA 1750

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A Capodimonte (Carlo III) group of an Artist painting the portrait of a Lady
Circa 1750
Modelled by Guiseppe Gricci, she with gilt choker, in white and puce bonnet, long white dress edged in blue and with gilt cuffs, white underskirt edged in puce and yellow shoes with gilt buckles, standing holding a fan and a rose, he with long curly hair, in white jacket with green rosettes, white shirt and stockings and black breeches and shoes with gilt buckles, seated on a stool, holding a tray and painting a miniature portrait of the lady resting on an easel beside brushes and two paint pots, on a rectangular base (some restoration to the top of his head, forehead, nose and chin, his right little finger restored, chip to back right angle of base, slight chips to her right cuff and edge of dress)
5¾in. (14.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Only one other example of this model would appear to be recorded at Capodimonte, see Angela Caròla-Perrotti, Le Porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli (1986), pp. 180-181, no. 119 where Angela Caròla-Perrotti persuasively suggests that the two component figures are derived from Pietro Longhi's, Il concertino di famiglia and Lezione di geografia. For the lady looks much more as though she is singing than posing and the artist is in a didactic attitude.

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