The Comtesse d'Egmont Pignatelli in Spanish costume
Roslin, Alexander (1718-1793)
Item type:paintingDate of creation:1763Height:136.2 cm (53 5/8 in.)Width:103.2 cm (40 5/8 in.)with frame: 180.34 x 142.24 cmTechnique / Medium:oil on canvasItem location
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
[Museum inv. no.: 2006.33]
Description
The comtesse Septimanie d’Egmont Pignatelli (1740–73), depicted here at age twenty-three. The comtesse sponsored many leading figures of the Enlightenment, including Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Swedish-born Alexander Roslin painted the comtesse in a fashionable Spanish-style gown, a reference to her husband’s ancestry. The guitar at her side (she was a gifted player) continues the Spanish theme.
People as subjects
Egmont, Septimanie de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, comtesse (1740-1773)
Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)
Guitar [3237]
RIdIM images
Image URLs
image link 2RIdIM record id
4621