Ludwig Knaus
(Germany, 1829-1910)
Ludwig Knaus
(Germany, 1829-1910)
"COMTESSE POTOCHKA"
Signed, oil on canvas, of oval shape, 56x45 cm.
Crazing.
Provenance
Bukowskis auctions no 48, 1995.
More information
Countess Emanuela Potocka (1852-1930), was born princess Pignatelli di Cerchiara, an Italian noblewoman, who married a Polish count and was famed for her salon in Paris at the end of the 19th Century. Her salon was immortalised by i.e. de Maupassant, Proust and Bourget.