Franciszek Lampi, 1782 Klagenfurt – 1852 Wars... Lot n° 987

PORTRAIT OF A LADY WITH PEARL JEWELRY 71 x 58 cm. Signed and dated "Joh. Ferd. Ritter v. Lampi pinxit 1831" verso on canvas. Numbered "K 9333" in black on the stretcher as well as other illegible numbers. In gilded frame. The hip portrait of a young lady in a white dress with collar in the shape of an open flower with contrasting blue wide belt with silver buckle, turquoise velum with butterfly decoration, pearl jewelry and bow hairstyle leaning against the backrest of a late classicist chair in front of a dark green background. A portrait from 1832 by the same painter is known, which shows Anna Katharina Leibenfrost wearing a similar hairstyle. Lampi, the son of Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder, studied in Vienna under Heinrich Friedrich Füger and settled in Warsaw around 1815, where he died during a cholera epidemic in 1852. We can therefore assume that the lady depicted is a Polish noblewoman whom he painted either in Warsaw or on a trip to another Polish city. With regard to the signature, it should be noted that a painting by his hand, which was offered on 21.4.2016 under lot 1290 at the Dorotheum in Vienna, also has a "J." in front of the "F", although the name Johann is not documented for this painter. Literature: Cf. Stanislaw Szymanski and Riccardo Maroni, Francesco Lampi pittore (1782-1852), Trento 1979 (1401071) (13)