A GERMAN OVAL PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN IN CONTEMPORARY GILTWOOD FRAME

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN OVAL PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN IN CONTEMPORARY GILTWOOD FRAME
Late 18th Century
Depicting a gentleman, probably of the Lavisch family, bust length, in a blue coat, with a white lace collar, in a husk-bound oval giltwood frame, in two-tone gilding surmounted by a laurel-swagged flanked by further laurel baguettes, the outer edge of the frame with stylised oak leaf, above a ribbon-tied beaded and fluted boss, restorations, inscribed to the reverse in German
19 in. (48 cm.) high; 15¼ in. (39 cm.) wide; including frame: 36 in. (91 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide

Sale room notice

The family name is meant to read Larisch.

Lot Essay

The indistinct inscription to the reverse would suggest that this portrait depicts a member of the Lavisch family. Raised to a Barony in 1654 and, subsequently elected Counts in 1748, the Lavisch family held estates in both Karvina in the Czech Republic and Teschen, Silesia (Poland).

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