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VERSO

Preparatory work

A Lady Wearing a Gold Diadem c. 1906

Seated full-length to the right on a stone bench, looking to the left, wearing a white off the shoulder dress, a gold diadem in her hair and a pink rose at her feet

Oil on board, 74.3 x 50.5 cm (29 ¼ x 20 in.)

Studio Inventory, p. 35 (182): Lady, full length, seated on bench, auburn hair, full face, white dress.

Private Collection

This is a study for a more formal painting that remains in the collection of a descendant of the artist [8916]. The diadem was a studio prop and appears in a number of portraits, including: An Unidentified Lady [111532], Grafin Dezasse de Petit-Verneuil [4881] and Viscountess Grimston [4734].

Recto is a study portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph [9024].

KF 2015