Lot 93
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AUGUSTIN RITT | Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Countess Zofia Potocka, circa 1792/3

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Countess Zofia Potocka, circa 1792/3
  • Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, ormolu frame
  • 66 mm. Diam.

Provenance

D.I. Shchukin, Moscow, 1905;
Leo R. Schidlof (1886-1966), London;
by family descent;
sale, Geneva, Christie's, 25 May 1993, lot 189

Literature

Mikhailowich, 1905, vol. I, no. 72, pl. LX (as Countess Sophia Potocka by Hall);
Schidlof, 1964, vol. I, p. 328 (as Countess Sophia Potocka by Hall);
Komelova, 2004, p. 173, no. 169

Condition

A vertical crack on left side, 5mm in from edge.
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Catalogue Note

This portrait has been traditionally identified as depicting Countess Zofia Potocka, née Clavone (1760-1822), the Turkish slave courtesan who later married into the Polish aristocracy and then had an affair with Prince Potemkin. Her name, however, is not recorded in Ritt’s sitter's book.