Description
At the time of acquisition this miniature was believed to depict Prince Eugene of Savoy after a painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, but this is unlikely.
Provenance
Collection of the Duc and Duchesse de Berry (?); Mackay and Chrisholm, Edinburgh, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
[Label] On reverse : MACKAY & CHISHOLM / GOLDSMITHS / 57 Princes Street, / EDINBURGH; [Inscription] On reverse, in graphite: Prince Eugène / by Rigaud / Coll / Duc de Berry; [Label] On reverse in ink: 3651 s / 350
Credit
Acquired Henry Walters, before 1931
