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VERSO

REJECTED

DESTROYED

Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, née Grand Duchess Helen Vladimirovna of Russia

Head and shoulders in three-quarter profile to the left

Oil on board 83.9 x 66.1 cm (33 x 26 in.)

Sitters’ Book I, f. 96: Helene / Prinzessin von Griechenland / Grossfurstin von Russland / Athen, April 1914^[1]

Studio Inventory, p. 29 (156 rev.)

This study is a rejected version of a study portrait [9855] de László made while he was painting a formal three-quarter length portrait of the sitter [11628] during his visit to Athens in spring 1914. He changed his mind regarding the composition and painted both pictures full face to the viewer rather than in profile.

Verso is a study portrait of the sitter’s husband Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark [7830]. The pictures were destroyed by fire in 1989. For biographical notes on the sitter, see [11628].

PROVENANCE:

In the possession of the artist on his death;

Paul Leonardo de Laszlo, his third son;

Destroyed by fire, 1989

KF 2017