Poppy Harvey-Jones
Head of Sale
Lot 34
Luis Paret Y Alcazar(Madrid 1746-1799)Portrait of a lady as Ceres
5 July 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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Luis Paret Y Alcazar (Madrid 1746-1799)
Portrait of a lady as Ceres
oil on canvas laid down on panel, oval
20 x 15.8cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/4in).
oil on canvas laid down on panel, oval
20 x 15.8cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/4in).
Footnotes
The young lady wears her hair in the French style, as was the fashion in Spain in the 1770s. Other examples of such portraits by Paret include the divinities represented in The Sedan Chair, now in the Museo Archeológico Nacional, Madrid (circa 1770-75, inv. no. 51962) and, a decade later., Lady in a Garden (circa 1780, now in the Julio Muñoz collection), as well as the wash drawing of A Lady (Madrid, Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, inv. no. 4027). The latter two are both thought to be of the artist's wife, María de Las Nievas Micaela Fordinier (although the only painting known to be of Paret's wife for certain is the portrait in the Museo del Prado dated between 1782 and 1785 (P-3250). Paret frequently painted members of his family which suggests that this small format, easily transportable, may well have been intended for the artist's own private use.
