Circle of Alessandro Longhi (Venice 1733-1813)
Lot 135

Circle of Alessandro Longhi (Venice 1733-1813)

Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a richly embroidered dress, with pearls and diamond brooches, with a blue wrap, before a pilaster; and Portrait of a nobleman, half-length, in a gold-embroidered jacket and red cloak, holding a letter, pointing to a statue and two coats-of-arms

Closed11 April 2013

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GBP 6,250

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Circle of Alessandro Longhi (Venice 1733-1813)
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a richly embroidered dress, with pearls and diamond brooches, with a blue wrap, before a pilaster; and Portrait of a nobleman, half-length, in a gold-embroidered jacket and red cloak, holding a letter, pointing to a statue and two coats-of-arms
the latter indistinctly inscribed 'Al M.re [...] Prime [...]me Il Sig.re A[...] Filippo Baldacchini Cortona' (centre left, on the letter)
oil on canvas, the former unlined
45¾ x 34 3/8 in. (116.2 x 87.3 cm.)
a pair (2)

Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner.
Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, 1945, inv. nos. 24 and 25, whence restituted to the father of the present owner in 1993.