Marianna Marchesa Florenzi (1802 - 15 April 1870, Florence), née Marianna Bacinetti

Marchesa Florenzis after a painting from Ludwig's Gallery of Beauties (1831) by Joseph Karl Stieler
Marianna Marchesa Florenzi (1802 - 15 April 1870, Florence), née Marianna Bacinetti, was an Italian noblewoman and translator of philosophical works.
She was also known by her married name of Marianna Florenzi Waddington.
She was for forty years a lover and close friend of Ludwig I of Bavaria, whom she visited more than thirty times.
He always sought her advice, even in government matters, and 3,000 of her letters to him (along with 1,500 of his replies) survive.

painting: waterbased on an ivory chip
not signed
fine details
preservation: excellent
frame: ivory chips with an inlay of nacre,
decorated ring and copper suspension eyelet
curved glass
frame in superb state
internal dimension ring: vertical 82 mm.
thicknes frame: 11mm
vertical dimension frame: 142 mm




stock number 332