This is last part of the collection of 4 miniatures( for other see item No. 3283, 3284, 3285). Actual work is portrait miniature of a Countess Agnes Leutrum von Ertingen from the famous Swabian noble family, This masterfully miniature on ivory was executed ca. in 1830s by the represantative of German or Austrian miniaturist school. Provenance: Viennese private estate.
Literatur: Leo Schidlof´s Miniature lexicon; Prof.H.Fuchs, Lexicon of Austrian miniature artists, Vienna, 1975. Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999
Inscription: remainer of signature in the middle right, on the reverse inscribed in German about the sitter 8see add.photo).
Technique: gouache on ivory,original period bronze frame.
Measurements: image w.2" x h.2 5/8 " (5 x 6.5 cm); framed w.2 1/4 " x h.2 3/4" (5,6 x 7 cm)
Condition: in good condition. |