Lot 34: LUDWIG GUTTENBRUNN (1750-1819) "Portrait of Anna Alexandro

LUDWIG GUTTENBRUNN (1750-1819) "Portrait of Anna Alexandrovna, Dutchess of Serra-Capriola" signed in Latin and dated ‘1797’ (middle right) oil on panel 42.6 x 31cm (16 3/4 x 12 3/16in). " Ludwig Guttenbrunn was probably a student of a well-known Austrian religious painter Martin Johann Schmidt and mostly specialised "in portraiture. Ludwig travelled in Europe until 1795, when on the" "recommendation of the Russian envoy in London, he moved to" St. Petersburg and later to Moscow. His portraits of Alexey Kurakin "(The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg) and Mdm Bibikova" "(The State Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow) are among the gems created" during his Russian “stay”. Offered portrait of possibly Duchess Anna "Alexandrovna Serra-Capriola, nee Princess Vyazemskaya is a stunning" example of a female 18th century portrait.