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Lot 13 Dα

A portrait miniature of Countess Cosel

Auction 1158 - overview Cologne
12.11.2020, 14:00 - Jewellery and Gold Boxes
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 1.062 € (incl. premium)

A portrait miniature of Countess Cosel

Half-length gouache on paper portrait miniature laid down on a metal panel. Depicting the countess dressed in a low cut dress and an ermine-lined blue velvet cloak. With an indistinct contemporary inscription on the reverse. 6.2 x 5 cm. In a later tortoiseshell surround. The frame backing inscribed: "Dieses Gemälde der Gräfin Cosel stammt aus der Sammlung des Fürsten Jablonowski" "Nr. 1015".
German school, early 18th C.

Imperial Countess Anna Constantia von Cosel, née Countess Brockdorff (Depenau 1680 - 1765 Stolpen), was one of the most famous and influential mistresses of the Saxon king Augustus the Strong.