Marianna Marchesa Florenzi (1802 - 15 April 1870, Florence), née Marianna Bacinetti

Marchesa Florenzis after a painting from Ludwig's Gallery of Beauties (1831) by Joseph Karl Stieler
Marianna Marchesa Florenzi (1802 - 15 April 1870, Florence), née Marianna Bacinetti, was an Italian noblewoman and translator of philosophical works.
She was also known by her married name of Marianna Florenzi Waddington.
She was for forty years a lover and close friend of Ludwig I of Bavaria, whom she visited more than thirty times.
He always sought her advice, even in government matters, and 3,000 of her letters to him (along with 1,500 of his replies) survive.

painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
signed, but hard to read
probably of Italian origin
very fine details
preservation: excellent
one of the better portraits in this collection
frame: four lobed frame of ivory chips
decorated ring and triangular decorated suspension eyelet
frame in superb state
curved glass
internal dimension ring: vertical 61 mm.
thicknes frame: 12mm
vertical dimension frame: 114 mm (max)




stock number 294