Portrait of Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo, bust-length, wearing a black tricorn hat

Details

Attributed to Rosalba Carriera (Venice 1675-1757)
Portrait of Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo, bust-length, wearing a black tricorn hat
pastel
17¼ x 13¼ in. (437 x 337 mm.)

Provenance

Apparently Conte Pio de Persico.
with Ackermann's, London.

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Lot Essay

Associated with Rosalba's portrait of the celebrated Venetian beauty, described by Dr Sani as 'celebre a Venezia per bellezza, cultura e per la vita al di fuori dai canoni di comportamento delle nobili veneziane dell'epoca', now in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (B. Sani, Rosalba Carriera, Turin, 1988, no. 343, pl. 301).

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