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Lot 378
Description:
Nicola Marschall (Alabama/Kentucky, 1829-1917), "Portrait of a Woman", oil on canvas, incised signature lower right, Trovaioli Conservation, Grand Bay, Alabama stamp en verso, 27 1/2 in. x 22 1/2 in., in an elaborate giltwood frame.
- Provenance: Provenance: Collection of Jay Altmayer, Mobile, Alabama; gift to a friend, descended in the family.
- Notes: Note: A talented portrait artist, Nicola Marschall emigrated from Prussia to America in 1849 Arriving first in New Orleans, Marschall eventually settled in Alabama where he opened a portrait studio and joined the faculty at Marion Female Academy. After the secession of the Southern states in January of 1861, the Confederate Constitutional Convention was held the following month in Montgomery, Alabama; Marshall was asked to design the Confederate flag. In this work, the beautiful young woman is posed amidst clouds, suggesting that this is, in fact, a posthumous portrait. Due to the proliferation of deaths from epidemics or during childbirth, numerous posthumous portraits in the mid 19th century were based on daguerreotypes and ambrotypes taken during the sitter's lifetime. Reference: Adams, E. Bryding, Editor, Made in Alabama: A State Legacy, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, 1994, pp. 158-175.
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