111783

Preparatory work

Baroness Béla Szentkereszty, née Maria Floresco de Floresti et Vizuresti 1898

Seated three-quarter length in three-quarter profile to the left in an armchair, wearing an off-the shoulder dress and a shawl

Ink on cream paper, 13.8 x 14.3 cm (5 ½ x 5 ⅝ in.)

Upper left: arms

Inscribed lower right: L [graphite]

Inscribed lower left: F.60.16 / 21 [graphite]

Inscribed verso, centre right: László Fülöp E. / Szentkereszty báróné / arcképének első gondolata [First thought of the portrait of Baroness Szentkereszty] [graphite]

Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

The present study is a preparatory drawing for the portrait of Baroness Béla Szentkereszty [111028]. The oil painting remains untraced.

For biographical notes on the sitter, see [111028].

PROVENANCE:

Purchased from István Mossoczy by the Hungarian National Gallery

BS 2012