Lot Essay
It has been suggested that the sitter is Ernestine Thérèse Gasparine de Bourgoing (1789-1825), who married French Marshal MacDonald, Duke of Tarentum, as his third wife, on 25 September 1821.
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A young lady called Ernestine de Bourgoing in profile to the left, in lace-bordered white silk dress, red stole draped over her right shoulder and under her left arm, pearl necklace, black ribbon headband in her upswept curled and plaited light brown hair
Details
CHRISTIAN HORNEMAN (DANISH, 1765-1844)
A young lady called Ernestine de Bourgoing in profile to the left, in lace-bordered white silk dress, red stole draped over her right shoulder and under her left arm, pearl necklace, black ribbon headband in her upswept curled and plaited light brown hair
signed and dated 'Horneman 1818' (lower left)
rectangular, 2 7/8 x 2 7/16 in. (72 x 63 mm.), gilt-metal mount
A young lady called Ernestine de Bourgoing in profile to the left, in lace-bordered white silk dress, red stole draped over her right shoulder and under her left arm, pearl necklace, black ribbon headband in her upswept curled and plaited light brown hair
signed and dated 'Horneman 1818' (lower left)
rectangular, 2 7/8 x 2 7/16 in. (72 x 63 mm.), gilt-metal mount
Provenance
Horst Fasold; Sotheby's, Geneva, 6 May 1981, lot 58.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.