Live Auction 6392East & West: A Private Collection from Eaton Square & Anouska Hempel
Hungarian School, circa 1705
Lot 321

Hungarian School, circa 1705

Portrait of Sára Naláczi (1692-1760), aged 13, full-length, in a richly embroidered and bejewelled green dress, and a pearl and ruby headdress, holding a fan in her right hand, her left hand resting on a table, a landscape beyond

Closed2 May 2013

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Hungarian School, circa 1705
Portrait of Sára Naláczi (1692-1760), aged 13, full-length, in a richly embroidered and bejewelled green dress, and a pearl and ruby headdress, holding a fan in her right hand, her left hand resting on a table, a landscape beyond
inscribed 'NALACZI SARA az én kedves Lea- nyom. Volt 13. Esztendos Ao 1705. eliora magos, illyen ábrazatu, kit is Isten tareson meg maga nevi- nek ditsösegére -s- magunkk oromunkre.' (upper right) and with the sitter's coat-of-arms (upper right)
oil on canvas
82 x 48¾ in. (208.3 x 123.8 cm.)

Specialist note

The sitter was married to Baron Gergely Barcsay of Nagy Barcsa (1686-1752), whom she married in 1717. Another full length portrait of the sitter in similar attire but of smaller dimensions is recorded as being in a private collection.