Possibly Franciska Krasinska, Duchess of Courland, c. 1790

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall (painted oval): 62.9 x 49.5 cm (24 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.)

framed: 72.4 x 57.8 x 3.2 cm (28 1/2 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Alice Preston

Accession Number

1954.5.1

Artists / Makers

Angelica Kauffmann (artist) Swiss, 1741 - 1807

Image Use

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Provenance

By descent in the Krasinski Family, Saxony; sold 1889 to Mrs. George Rutledge Preston, New York;[1] by inheritance to her daughter, Alice Preston, London; gift 1954 to NGA.

[1] According to a 1 May 1954 letter from the donor to NGA director David Finley (in NGA curatorial files), her mother purchased the painting in June 1889 through the curator Theodor Schmidt of the Royal Dresden Gallery.

Associated Names

Krasinski Family
Preston, Alice, Miss
Preston, George Rutledge, Mrs.

Exhibition History

1968: [Opening exhibition], High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1968-1969, no catalogue.

1972: Styles in Portraiture, Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972, no catalogue.

2011: Portraits in Miniature, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland, 2011, brochure, fig. 9.

Bibliography

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 71.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 63, repro.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 184, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 213, repro.