Lot Essay
Based on the costume, the painting was likely executed around 1770, and thus may have been painted by the artist during his sojourn in Italy (1767-71).
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Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Pierina Gravaghi, bust-length, in a black dress and white lace bonnet
Details
Johann Christian von Mannlich (Strasbourg 1741-1822 Munich)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Pierina Gravaghi, bust-length, in a black dress and white lace bonnet
signed 'mannlich f' (lower right)
oil on canvas, in a painted oval
26¾ x 20 in. (68 x 50.8 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Pierina Gravaghi, bust-length, in a black dress and white lace bonnet
signed 'mannlich f' (lower right)
oil on canvas, in a painted oval
26¾ x 20 in. (68 x 50.8 cm.)
Exhibited
Lawrence, University of Kansas Museum of Art, German and Austrian Painting of the Eighteenth Century, 15 April - 30 May 1956, no. 17.
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, The Age of Elegance: The Rococo and its Effects, 25 April - 14 June 1959, no. 248.
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, The Age of Elegance: The Rococo and its Effects, 25 April - 14 June 1959, no. 248.
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