Lot Essay
The sitter is the wife of the Chief Minister of Finance at the court of King Louis Philippe of France.
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Portrait of Mrs Ackermann, three-quarter length, seated in a landscape
Details
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, 1805-1873)
Portrait of Mrs Ackermann, three-quarter length, seated in a landscape
signed, inscribed and dated 'Fr Winterhalter fecit Paris/1838.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 ¼ x 38 ¼ in. (129.5 x 97 cm.)
Portrait of Mrs Ackermann, three-quarter length, seated in a landscape
signed, inscribed and dated 'Fr Winterhalter fecit Paris/1838.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
51 ¼ x 38 ¼ in. (129.5 x 97 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 25 October 1989, lot 148.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Wild, The Nekrologe und Verzeichnisse der Gemälde von Franz & Hermann Winterhalter, Zurich, 1894, no. 28.
R. Ormond and C. Blackett-Ord, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and the Courts of Europe, 1830-70, exh. cat., London, National Portrait Gallery, 1987, p. 227, no. 28.
R. Ormond and C. Blackett-Ord, Franz Xaver Winterhalter and the Courts of Europe, 1830-70, exh. cat., London, National Portrait Gallery, 1987, p. 227, no. 28.
Exhibited
Roslyn Harbor, New York, The Nassau County Museum of Art, Art and Fashion: From Marie Antoinette to Jacqueline Kennedy, 28 May-13 August 2006.
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