MARQUIS DE ST. GERMAIN FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
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