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The Property of a Private Collector

Pietro Longhi

An elegant lady at her morning ritual

Lot Closed

July 8, 02:29 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Private Collector

Pietro Longhi

Venice 1702 - 1785

An elegant lady at her morning ritual 


oil on canvas

unframed: 43.6 x 34.5 cm.; 17¼ x 13⅝ in.

framed: 58.2 x 49 cm.; 23 x 19¼ in.

Possibly Maximilien de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-52), St. Petersburg;
His wife, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolajevna Romanova (1819-76);
Possibly by inheritance to her second husband Count Grigori Aleksandrovich Stroganov (1824-79);
Possibly by inheritance to Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (1813- 70), Florence;
His wife, Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, formerly Princess Demidoff (1820-1904);
Château de St. Gratien, Enghien;
Philippe de La Rochefoucauld (1922-1993), Château de Beaumont, near Marne;
His sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 17 May 1952, lot 276;
J. Hope, New York, before 1972;
Ferrari Trecate collection, Trezzano sul Naviglio, 1970s.
T. Pignatti, 'Aggiunte a Pietro Longhi', in Arte Illustrata, vol. V, Janaury 1972, pp. 3-4, 30-31, reproduced fig. 8;
T. Pignatti, L'opera completa di Pietro Longhi, Milan 1974, p. 87, cat. no. 31, reproduced.
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