A portrait miniature of Princess Katharina Vassilchikov aged 17. - image-1
A portrait miniature of Princess Katharina Vassilchikov aged 17. - image-2
A portrait miniature of Princess Katharina Vassilchikov aged 17. - image-1A portrait miniature of Princess Katharina Vassilchikov aged 17. - image-2

Lot 784 Dα

A portrait miniature of Princess Katharina Vassilchikov aged 17.

Auction 1056 - overview Cologne
13.11.2015, 10:30 - Silver and Miniatures
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 1.984 € (incl. premium)

A portrait miniature of Princess Katharina Vassilchikov aged 17.

Gouache on ivory. In a leather travelling case with steel and mother-of-pearl appliques. A portrait miniature of Princess Katharina Vassilchikov aged 17. Signed and dated to the right edge: "Ferd. Bn. de Lütgendorff 1819". 6.8 x 5.5 cm. Case: 14.5 x 7.5 cm.
Ferdinand Freiherr v. Lütgendorff-Leinburg (Würzburg 1785 - ibid. 1858), 1819.

The sitter was born in St. Petersburg in 1802 as daughter of Prince Ilarion Vassilchikov and Countess Vera Protassow. Her father was cavalry general and general adjutant to Tsar Alexander I.

Provenance

Collection Walter Moraw.