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A Glimpse at the Princess of Lamballe's Private Life

Published on , by Sophie Reyssat
Auction on 29 March 2024 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Size, quality of execution and, of course, the model's celebrity status are just some of the highlights of this portrait by Karl Anton Hickel (1745-1798).

Karl Anton Hickel (1745-1798), Portrait of Marie-Thérèse de Savoie Carignan, Princess... A Glimpse at the Princess of Lamballe's Private Life

Karl Anton Hickel (1745-1798), Portrait of Marie-Thérèse de Savoie Carignan, Princess de Lamballe, 1788, oil on canvas, 192 x 128 cm/75.5 x 50.39 in. Estimate: €30,000/50,000

With her gaze focused beyond the viewer, did Marie-Thérèse de Savoie Carignan suspect in 1788 that she would suffer a tragic fate during the revolutionary turmoil? A friend of the dauphine, who became Queen of France, who was appointed the superintendent…
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Friday 29 March 2024 - 14:00 (CET) - Live
Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris
Tessier & Sarrou et Associés
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