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VERSO

Preparatory work

Princesse George of Greece and Denmark, née Princesse Marie Bonaparte 1913

one, on the left, half-length in profile to the left, wearing a plain gold bandeau in her hair with an indication of a stole draped about her, the second, much slighter, with a rough frame painted around the composition

Oil on board, 83.2 x 59.4 cm (32 ¾ x 23 ⅜ in.)

Sitters’ Book II, f. 28: Marie / Princesse de Grèce / née Bonaparte / Paris / 9 Décembre 1921

Studio Inventory, p. 26 (143 rev.): Two studies of the Princess Marie of Greece.

Private Collection

The present portrait was cut down by a descendant of the artist after 1937.

De László painted Princesse Marie on two occasions, both in Paris, in 1914 [7836] and again in 1921 [7837], for which the present portraits are sketches. It was after the trip to Paris in 1914 that the artist then travelled to Greece, at the invitation of King Constantine, to paint several other members of the Greek Royal family.

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [7837]. Recto is a study portrait of the Marquise de Noailles [5313].

PROVENANCE:          

In the possession of the artist on his death

CC 2010