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Attributed to Georges Desmarées Gimo, Sweden 1697 - 1776 Munich

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Description

  • Georges Desmarées
  • A portrait of Andreas Graf von Capris (1717-1776), standing half-length, wearing an elaborate red coat and the bavarian order of st. George
  • inscribed on the reverse identifying the sitter
  • oil on canvas, unlined
  • 82 by 68 cm.

Literature

H. von Spreti, Die Spreti, Munich (privately published) 1995, reproduced p. 108.

Catalogue Note

Pater Laurentius Koch suggested a tentative attribution of this and the following lot to Georges Desmarées on the basis of photographs, in a letter to the present owner, dated 14 November 1995.