Obras Maestras

Doña Mariana de Silva y Sarmiento, Duchess of Huéscar

TIPO DE OBRA
Painting
MATERIAL
Wood
UBICACIÓN

Antonio Rafael Mengs

Historia de la procedencia

This painting is cited among the 32 that came to the possession of the 7th Duke of Berwick and 14th Duke of Alba, Don Carlos Miguel Fitz-James Stuart, after the death of the 13th Duchess of Alba.

Observaciones

On the back of the table there is a handwritten sign that reads: “Portrait/of the Exma. Mrs. Duchess of Arcos/Dª. Mariana de Silva y Sarmiento /made/ commissioned by her husband the Hon. Sor. D./Antonio Ponce de León, Duke of Arcos/in the year 1775/By/D. Antonio Rafael Mengs/Chamber Painter of/S.M.C./”.