Lot 35
  • 35

ROSALBA CARRIERA | An allegory of painting, circa 1710

Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rosalba Carriera
  • An allegory of painting, circa 1710
  • Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold paint on ivory, tortoiseshell frame
  • 80 by 110 mm.

Provenance

The Dukes and Grand-Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin;
sale, Geneva, Christie's, 29 November 1982, lot 140

Condition

Some colours have certainly faded and some of the white highlights have either oxidised or suffered minor loss.
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Catalogue Note

In this miniature Rosalba has included a pictorial conceit - the portrait being painted by Cupid is supported by a pin which appears to project from the edge of the frame. A similarly sized miniature of a lady dressing her hair with flowers by Rosalba, in a tortoiseshell frame, is in the Cleveland Museum of Art (Edward B. Greene Collection, inv. no. 401203).

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