Duflos, Claude after Rosalba Carriera (Venetian 1673-1757).

Original etching, ca 1720 I Portrait of Madame Law in front of San Marco square Venice Italy, made by Claude Duflos, 1 p.

Name: Original etching, ca 1720 I Portrait of Madame Law in front of San Marco square Venice Italy, made by Claude Duflos, 1 p.
SKU: PR121840
Price: 120.00 EUR
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Original etching of Madame Law drawing in an oval of a Lady in a nice dress in a bedroom? with a monkey on the left side. Satire on the financial crisis in 1720; An oval portrait of Madame Law, finely dressed in a tricorne hat with feathers, set against the background of the Doge’s Palace in Venice at carnival time; the column at the entrance to St Mark’s Square is surmounted by the monogram “LL” (for Law of Lauriston).

Based on a work by the Venetian portraitist Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757), this print depicts John Law’s common-law wife and partner-in-crime, Lady Katherine Knollys. After Law’s “System” collapsed, she fled to Venice, and her portrait here consequently evokes a “Wanted” sign: surrounded by an elaborate frame, she holds a Carnival mask, while the Doge’s Palace and a group of commedia dell’arte revelers appear in the background. In the inscription below the image, she boasts of her husband’s cunning, claiming that she will take charge of their affairs, or “act the part of both man and wife,” until their “honor” can be restored.

satire, commerce/finance, masquerade, carnival, costume/clothing

[NL] Ovaal portret van madame Law, ca. 1720. Halffiguur staande voor het Sint-Marcoplein in Venetië, in de verte enkele dansende carnavalsvierders. Met randschrift in het Frans en onder het portret een zesregelig vers in het Nederlands. Behoort tot de groep van prenten toegevoegd aan de serie Tafereel der Dwaasheid met spotprenten op de Windhandel of Actiehandel van 1720. Zelfde prent aanwezig in Rijksmuseum onder nr RP-P-OB-83.753. FMH 3612, Atlas van Stolk 3525-7b. In de tekst: Ik speel voor man en wyf…

Madame Law, Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid, Venetië, Carnaval, Fashion, Kostuum, Kleding,

SKU: PR121840

Original etching on laid paper with watermark, in good condition. Charming impression. Total size 203 x 165 mm.

€ 145,20 (€ 120,00 ex. btw)

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