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MARQUIS DE ST. GERMAIN FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM

Creator(s):

Currently in storage


About this object

The identity of the sitter largely remains a mystery. However, in an 1831 letter to Eliza Middleton, Helena Szymanowska Malewska of St. Petersburg describes the Marquis’s marriage to a Neapolitan heiress and his death shortly thereafter from illness.

Object name:
MARQUIS DE ST. GERMAIN FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
Made from:
Watercolor on paper
Date made:
1825-1835
Size:
H. 6 7/8 in., W. 5 3/8 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
52.39.20
Signature marks:
Inscription Marquis de St. Germain Bottom of page In cursive
Credit line:
Museum Purchase, 2004