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Lot Essay
An old inscription on the backing card identifies the sitter as Princess Mariora Calimachi however birth and death dates of 1762-1822 suggest that the identification is erroneous.
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MIKLOS BARABAS (HUNGARIAN, 1810-1898)
A lady, possibly a Moldavian Princess, in red off-the-shoulders dress, wearing a five-strand pearl necklace with diamond-set clasp, diamond earrings and diamond-set adornment in the shape of a feather in her dark upswept hair
On ivory
Signed and dated 'Barabás 1833' (mid-right)
Oval, 54 mm. high, gilt-metal frame with glazed satin reverse
A lady, possibly a Moldavian Princess, in red off-the-shoulders dress, wearing a five-strand pearl necklace with diamond-set clasp, diamond earrings and diamond-set adornment in the shape of a feather in her dark upswept hair
On ivory
Signed and dated 'Barabás 1833' (mid-right)
Oval, 54 mm. high, gilt-metal frame with glazed satin reverse
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