Portrait of Christina Maria Mittscherlich

Portrait of Christina Maria Mittscherlich

BK-1991-36-C

Portretmedaillon in marmer van Christina Maria Mittscherlich op ongeveer vierjarige leeftijd. In 19de eeuwse verguld houten lijst.

• inscription, on the reading board in her lap, in ink: ‘

  Christina Maria Mittscherlich geb. 1777 13-junij

  ’
• inscription, on the book on which her hand rests, in ink: ‘oud 4 jaar’

sculptor: Christoffel Mittscherlich, Amsterdam

c. 1781

marble

• height 10 cm x width 7 cm
• height 26 cm x width 19.5 cm x depth 7 cm

Gift of M. Jensma-Marx, Vorden

gift 1991

Public domain

Collection of the artist, Amsterdam, c. 1781; his son, Johannes Christopher Mittscherlich, Amsterdam, 1793; his grandson Frederik Marx, Amsterdam, 1871;{Frederik Marx was the son of Mittscherlich’s daughter, Helena Gezina Mittscherlich, Amsterdam (1818-1855), married to Philip Michael Marx (1812-1861). See J.R. de Lorm, ‘Een documentaire schenking uit de nalatenschap van de zilversmid Christoffel Mittscherlich (1740-1793)’, _Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum_ 40 (1992), pp. 240-45, esp. pp. 243-44.} his granddaughters, among whom M. Jensma-Marx, Vorden, 1924, 1924; by whom, donated to the museum,{J.R. de Lorm, ‘Een documentaire schenking uit de nalatenschap van de zilversmid Christoffel Mittscherlich (1740-1793)’, _Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum_ 40 (1992), pp. 240-45, esp. p. 244 (note 3) for the entire donation.} 1991

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