ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER KUCHARSKI (1741-1819) AFTER ELISABETH-LOUISE VIGEE LE BRUN (1755-1842) 'The Countess Potocka'
a bust-length portrait of Zofia (Sophie) Potocka, wearing a blue ribbon in her hair, pastel on paper, 46cm x 37cm
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£1,000 - £2,000
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£1,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Note: Born Zofia Clavone in modern day Turkey in 1760, Zofia was a Greek slave courtesan and a Russian agent, later a Polish noblewoman. She was famous in contemporary Europe for her beauty and adventurous life.
A 1943 letter penned by Reginald W.M. Wright, Director of Victoria Art Gallery and Municipal Libraries, Bath, is affixed verso, in which he details his opinion that the sitter is Countess Alexandra (Anna) Potocka (née Tyszkiewicz) the wife of Count Aleksander Stanisław Potocki. A further newspaper clipping housed in an envelope verso refers to the sitter being the Delfina Potocka, the Polish Countess, friend and muse to Frederic Chopin.
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