Countess Therese Apponyi, standing three-quarter length full face, in white dress with short chiffon sleeves, floral bordered light blue cashmere stole draped over her right shoulder and left arm, her dark brown hair plaited and upswept

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FRANZISKA SCHÖPFER (1763-1836)
Countess Therese Apponyi, standing three-quarter length full face, in white dress with short chiffon sleeves, floral bordered light blue cashmere stole draped over her right shoulder and left arm, her dark brown hair plaited and upswept
signed and dated 'F: Schöpfer 1807.' (lower right) and on the backing paper 'Françoise Schöpfer 1807'
oval, 4 15/16 in. (125 mm.) high, ormolu frame with inner beaded border and foliate cresting with central rosette, the reverse of the frame inscribed 'Mme la Csse Thérèse D'appony ma bonne et sainte Maîtresse'.

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Lot Essay

The sitter may either be Countess Therese Apponyi née von Nogarola (b. 1790), married in 1808 to Count Anton Apponyi, Imperial ambassador in Paris, or Countess Therese Apponyi née Serbelloni (b. 1782), married in 1805 to Count Joseph Apponyi as his second wife.

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