Lola Montex

portrait of Lola Montez
Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (17 February 1821 – 17 January 1861)
after a painting by Joseph Karl Stieler for Ludwig I of Bavaria and his Schönheitengalerie (Gallery of Beauties)
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Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld, better known by the stage name Lola Montez.
She was an Irish dancer and actress who became famous as a "Spanish dancer", courtesan, mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who made her Countess of Landsfeld.
She used her influence to institute liberal reforms.
At the start of the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states, she was forced to flee.
She proceeded to the United States via Switzerland, France and London, returning to her work as an entertainer and lecturer.

painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
signed: n. Stieler
frame: ivory with inlay of nacre
preservation painting: excellent
preservation frame: excellent
vertical dimension 104 mm
inner dimension ring (vertically): 82 mm






stock number 464