Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway

Lot 74: Baroness Maria Cosway (British, 1760-1838)

Name: Baroness Maria Cosway (British, 1760-1838)
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: 1j8fzu0jpz

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBPSold:

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomNovember 17, 2004

Item Overview

Description

The Comic and Tragic Muse; both wearing flowing robes, sandals and gold bangles
watercolour on paper, stuck down on separate mount with hand wash line borders, unframed
Rectangular, 229mm. (9ins.) high

Artist or Maker

Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway

Literature

Barnett, G.; Richard and Maria Cosway, a Biography, 1995, p.216, no.171

Provenance

Maria Cosway
The Collection of Commander Gerald Barnett

Notes

This rare surviving drawing by Maria Cosway was based on a mural found at Herculaneum (Ercolano). In 1798, the drawing was engraved by A. Cardon, described as "Whole length of two females dancing; the head of the one to the left is much bent over the right shoulder". Rudolph Ackermann published many of Maria's prints through his Repository of Arts. He described her work thus: "Mrs Cosway's designs, it must be admitted, are sometimes eccentric, but it is the eccentricity of genius, and we have seen instances where she has snatched a grace beyond the reach of art".

Auction Details

Fine Portrait Miniatures

Bonhams

November 17, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

101 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1S 1SR, UK

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