SPANISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
SPANISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

Portrait of a lady, said to be Donna Maria Dolores, de el Rio, y Alday, full length wearing a red dress with lace trim and a red scarf over her hair, by a table holding a portrait of the Madonna della Rose

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SPANISH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady, said to be Donna Maria Dolores, de el Rio, y Alday, full length wearing a red dress with lace trim and a red scarf over her hair, by a table holding a portrait of the Madonna della Rose
inscribed 'Da Maria Dolores, de/el Rio, y Alday. Nacciò,/en la Ciudad, de Paztqu-/aro, en 3 de Mayo de 1768/y murio en la Ciudd, d, Valla/dolid, de edad, de 12 anos/dos meses, y 28 dias./en 31 de Julio. año/de 1780'
oil on canvas
66½ x 38¾in. (168.9 x 98.4cm.)
Provenance
Alice Larkin Toulmin, Larkin House, Monterey, California
Literature
Anonymous. 'They Live in an ex-Movie Studio'. Vogue, April 15, 1957, p. 123.
Lee, Sarah Tomerlin. 'Here Enter The House of a Magician'. House Beautiful, June 1965, p. 111.
Duquette, Tony. 'The Lure of a Baroque Imagination: Designer's Los Angeles Studio/Residence'. Architectural Digest, March 1978, p. 110.
Richardson, Nancy. 'The Sorcerer's Eye: Tony Duquette transports the whole world home'. House & Garden, December 1983, p. 163.
Doonan, Simon. 'Is Tony Duquette Bonkers?'. Nest, Summer 1999, p. 101.