LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

38.78 in. (98.50 cm.) (height) by 31.18 in. (79.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, centre right: Lampi Pinx.

Literature:

N. Michajlovic, Russian Portraits, Saint Petersburg 1905-1909, vol. 5, cat. no. 15;. F. Mazzocca, R. Pancheri & A. Casagrande, Un ritrattista nell´Europa delle corti Giovanni Batista Lampi 1751–1830, exhibition catalogue, Trent 2001, pp. 65-67, reproduced from an engraving fig. 58 (as untraced). ENGRAVED. By Pichler

Provenance:

Commissioned in 1789 by the sitter, Lord Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl of Whitworth;. The Radziwill Collection, Château d´Ermenonville;. Their sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 8 March 1933, lot 13;. Private Collection, Europe;. By whom sold, Paris, Christie's, 14 December 2004, lot 213.