Lot n° 28
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Paul Delaroche (Hippolyte de la Roche dit) 1797-1856 - Lot 28
Paul Delaroche (Hippolyte de la Roche dit) 1797-1856
Portrait of Countess Potocka
Black pencil
25.5 x 36.5 cm
Provenance: Horace Paul Delaroche-Vernet Collection, stamped lower right (L.1301)
Annotated "Aix la chapelle" on the left in black pencil
Insolate
Expert: Cabinet de Bayser
provenance: Delaroche-Vernet family
Annotations on the back by Paul Delaroche Vernet and old Gros exhibition label at the Musée du Petit Palais.
Note: Delfina Potocka, née Komar (1807 - 1877), was a Polish aristocrat. Delacroix praised her beauty in his diary. She was painted by Paul Delaroche (her portrait in the Warsaw Museum) and Ary Scheffer. She was also renowned for her talents as a singer, composer and pianist. She was a close friend of Frédéric Chopin. When he was dying, she came to sing in his room on the Place Vendôme.)
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