Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
Old Masters including Portrait Miniatures from the Pohl-Ströher Collection
JOHN JAMES MASQUERIER, R.A. | Portrait of Maria Vicenta Solís Lasso de la Vega, Duchess of Fernán-Nuñez (b. 1780), full-length, reclining on a chaise longue
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JOHN JAMES MASQUERIER, R.A.
Chelsea 1778 - 1855 Brighton
PORTRAIT OF MARIA VICENTA SOLÍS LASSO DE LA VEGA, DUCHESS OF FERNÁN-NUÑEZ (B. 1780), FULL-LENGTH, RECLINING ON A CHAISE LONGUE
bears inscription and date on the reverse: Countess FERNAN-NUÑEZ / by / Sir Thos. LAWRENCE / 1816.
oil on canvas
unframed: 147.8 x 135 cm.; 58¼ x 53⅛ in.
framed: 144 x 157 cm.; 56 3/4 x 61 7/8 in.
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Maria Vicenta Solís Lasso de la Vega, Duchess of Fernán-Nuñez was born in Madrid in 1780, and was one of the richest ladies in Spain. Already the Duchess of Montellano y del Arco in her own right, she was married very young, in 1789, to Don Carlos Gutiérrez de los Ríos y Sarmiento, 1st Duke of Fernán-Nuñez (1780-1822) who became the Spanish Ambassador to England 1814-17. Goya painted likenesses of both sitters (both oil on canvas, 211 x 137 cm.; private collection, Madrid).1
1 https://fundaciongoyaenaragon.es/eng/obra/maria-de-la-soledad-vicente-solis-lasso-de-vega-vii-condesa-de-fernan-nunez/247; and https://fundaciongoyaenaragon.es/eng/obra/carlos-jose-gutierrez-de-los-rios-y-sarmiento-vii-conde-de-fernan-nunez/248