Giulia Cheli Capella (19th century), after Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun

Portrait of the artist, three-quarter-length, in a black dress and red sash holding a palette

Details

Giulia Cheli Capella (19th century), after Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun
Portrait of the artist, three-quarter-length, in a black dress and red sash holding a palette
signed and inscribed on the reverse 'Giulia Cheli Capella Pittrice Via Boccaccio 15 Firenze'
oil on unlined canvas
39½ x 31½ in (100.4 x 80 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Sotheby's Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 14 October 1948, lot 63A, as School of Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun.

Lot Essay

Painted in 1790 during the artist's stay in Rome, the original is now in the Ufizzi, Florence. The composition depicts the artist painting a portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette and was intended for the Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany.

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