A Muse
Item
Artist/Maker/Creator Family (Last) Name
Artist/Maker/Creator Given (First) Name
Rosalba
Backend resource name
A Muse
Date Created
mid-1720s
Format/Object Type (Drawing, Sculpture, Painting, Embroidery, etc.)
Work on paper
Medium/Materials
Pastel on laid blue paper
Numeric value in centimeters
26 cm
Numeric value in centimeters
31 cm
Location created (Country, Region, City, if known)
Italy, Veneto, Venice (?)
Associated Court(s) [Dynasty or Era or Family Name (i.e. Tudor or Ming)]
Poland, Wettin, Frederick Augustus III, King of Poland;
Court Patron Gender
Female
Historical Location/Provenance
Frederick Augustus III, elector of Saxony and King of Poland, 1696 - 1763, [or a member of his court, presumably purchased directly from the artist]; then bought by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister; then bought by Hugo Helbing, Munich, [exchanged for a portrait of Mrs. Schäuffelen by Hans von Marées] in 1921; then bought by Private Collection (United Kingdom, since 1973) [sold, Bonham's, London, July 8, 2002, lot 96.]; then purchased by Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd. in October 2002; finally bought by the Getty Museum.
Current Location (Country, Region, City, Institution/Collection Name, if known)
United States, California, Los Angeles, Getty Museum;
Item Properties
The Getty Museum
Provide Link to Image if Available (i.e. link to museum webpage)
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/219842/rosalba-carriera-a-muse-italian-mid-1720s/
Access Rights
Image Rights: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/1095RR
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Carriera, Rosalba | Creator of (title of work of art) |