The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
The Pohl-Ströher Collection of Portrait Miniatures, Part III
Auction Closed
December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
GUILLERMO DUCKER
Fl. 1799 - 1813
PORTRAIT OF QUEEN MARIA-LOUISA OF SPAIN, NÉE BOURBON-PARMA
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal mount and frame;
signed and dated lower left: G Ducker / ..nxit, 1800.
78 mm. Diam.
Juan Lafora, Madrid, 1916
Schidlof, 1964, vol. I, pp. 226-227
Little is known of the Dutch born artist, Guillermo Ducker. However, the first surviving reference to him is in a letter from Francisco de Goya to Secretary of State, Mariano Luis de Urquijo in December 1799. Goya asked that Ducker be released from prison so that he could paint portraits of King Charles VI and his family. The present miniature of the King's consult is a result of this request.