Vittorio Matteo Corcos
(Livorno 1859–1933 Florence)
Portrait of Princess Evelyne Colonna di Stigliano, signed, dated V. Corcos 1902, oil on canvas, 194 x 145 cm, framed, (GG)
Provenance:
Finarte Milan, 20 April 2005, lot 132;
Private Collection Italy.
The present lot features the American Evelyn Julie O‘Bryant-Mackay (1861-1919), the adopted daughter of entrepreneur John Mackay, who made a tremendous fortune discovering silver mines in Nevada. Evelyn was born in Downieville in Sierra Nevada and later moved to Europe. In 1885 in Paris she married the Neapolitan Ferdinando Colonna di Stigliano (1858-1926), who came from an old Italian aristocratic family. The marriage produced three children: Andrea (1885-1943), Bianca (1887-1944) and Marcantonio (1889-1921).
Like many aristocrats of the Belle Époque attracted by the mild climate and natural beauty of the Ligurian coast, Evelyn Colonna spent many years in Santa Margherita Ligure, where she ultimately died in 1919. She was president of the Italian Red Cross. During the First World War, she devoted herself with dedication and generous donations to the construction of a hospital in Santa Margherita Ligure.
Esperto: Gautier Gendebien
Gautier Gendebien
+39-334-777 1603
Gautier.Gendebien@dorotheum.it
29.04.2019 - 17:00
- Stima:
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EUR 30.000,- a EUR 40.000,-
Vittorio Matteo Corcos
(Livorno 1859–1933 Florence)
Portrait of Princess Evelyne Colonna di Stigliano, signed, dated V. Corcos 1902, oil on canvas, 194 x 145 cm, framed, (GG)
Provenance:
Finarte Milan, 20 April 2005, lot 132;
Private Collection Italy.
The present lot features the American Evelyn Julie O‘Bryant-Mackay (1861-1919), the adopted daughter of entrepreneur John Mackay, who made a tremendous fortune discovering silver mines in Nevada. Evelyn was born in Downieville in Sierra Nevada and later moved to Europe. In 1885 in Paris she married the Neapolitan Ferdinando Colonna di Stigliano (1858-1926), who came from an old Italian aristocratic family. The marriage produced three children: Andrea (1885-1943), Bianca (1887-1944) and Marcantonio (1889-1921).
Like many aristocrats of the Belle Époque attracted by the mild climate and natural beauty of the Ligurian coast, Evelyn Colonna spent many years in Santa Margherita Ligure, where she ultimately died in 1919. She was president of the Italian Red Cross. During the First World War, she devoted herself with dedication and generous donations to the construction of a hospital in Santa Margherita Ligure.
Esperto: Gautier Gendebien
Gautier Gendebien
+39-334-777 1603
Gautier.Gendebien@dorotheum.it
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| Esposizione: | 20.04. - 29.04.2019 |