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Source Description
In 1772, Princess Louise Maximiliana Caroline Emanuel of Stolberg-Gedern married Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite claimant to the English and Scottish throne. He was 52 and she was 20. They lived in Rome following their marriage, until August 1774. This portrait therefore dates from early in her time in Rome. After her seperation from her husband, and following his death, she held literary and artistic gatherings at her house in Paris (called salons). With the outbreak of the French Revolution she fled to Florence, with her partner Count Vittorio Alfieri.
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Document identity
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4731
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Louisa Maximiliana, Princess of Stohlberg (1752-1824)
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Source metadata
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4731
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object
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normalized
title
Louisa Maximiliana, Princess of Stohlberg (1752-1824)
description
In 1772, Princess Louise Maximiliana Caroline Emanuel of Stolberg-Gedern married Charles Edward Stuart, the Jacobite claimant to the English and Scottish throne. He was 52 and she was 20. They lived in Rome following their marriage, until August 1774. This portrait therefore dates from early in her time in Rome. After her seperation from her husband, and following his death, she held literary and artistic gatherings at her house in Paris (called salons). With the outbreak of the French Revolution she fled to Florence, with her partner Count Vittorio Alfieri.
provenance
J. Pierpont Morgan Collection; A.J. Fink, Baltimore; A.J. Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1959, by gift; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
date
1774
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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miniatures (paintings)
portraits
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
12.7
height
16.8
dimensionsRaw
Framed: 5 × 6 5/8 in. (12.7 × 16.8 cm)Image: 4 9/16 × 6 3/16 in. (11.6 × 15.7 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
Signed bottom left: ""C. Marsigli f. Romae 1774""
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Gold, pearls
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4942
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none
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3225
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1
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photo
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no
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2
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photo
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