Live Auction 16024Interiors
German School, circa 1785
Lot 271

German School, circa 1785

Closed13 September 2018

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GBP 2,250

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German School, circa 1785
Count Camillo Marcolini (1739-1814) and his family
On ivory; rectangular, 125 x 99 mm., wooden frame

Ernst Blumka (1886–1969), Vienna, by 1924.
Christie’s, London, 3 March 1993, lot 86 (the sitters unidentified).

Specialist note

Count Camillo Marcolini was a minister and general director of the fine arts for the electorate, later kingdom of Saxony. In 1767 he was appointed Lord Chamberlain; in 1774, Director of the Meissen porcelain factory; in 1778 Lord Controller; in 1779 Lord Equerry and in 1809 minister of the Royal cabinet.