Bayern circa 1759 - Mary reading
auction 500, Lot 1264
ONLINE ONLY
on 21 March 2024 to 7 April 2024
Bayern circa 1759
Mary reading
Differenzbesteuerung
Bayern circa 1759
Mary reading
Watercolour and opaque paints, heightened with gold, auf parchment. Image size: 7 x 4.7 cm (size of the parchment sheet 13.5 x 9.5 cm). Minor damage to frame with acanthus decoration (14 x 10.8 cm).
Handwritten inscription verso: "Ich werde allezeit deine Gnädigste Frau verbleiben Maria Anna Churfürstin in Bayren geb: Königl. Pollnische Prinzessin Herzogin zu Sachßen den 7. Januar 1759."
Condition: the small parchment sheet is folded back along the border of the depiction and framed in this condition. Minor loss of paint in the depiction itself. Minor damage to the colour layer in the area of the fold. The parchment has a textile backing on one long side verso. Minor stains outside the depiction. Minor damage to the paint of the frame.
provenance: former collection of K. Messner, Munich
