Antique Gouache portrait almost certainly of Sibylle-Augusta, Margravine of Baden
£985
A fine early 18th century pastel portrait shown three-quarter length in a blue dress, holding a piece of muslin and within a grand baroque interior, perhaps at Schloss Favorite.
Height 54 cm (21 inches)
Width 44 cm (17.25 inches)
circa 1730
Sibylle-Augusta of Saxe Lauenberg, 1675-1733. married Louis-William, Margrave of Baden, in 1690.
There is a series of charming pastels of Sibylle-Auguste in various fancy-dress costumes (one here illustrated) by an artist, Ludwig Ivenet. Not much is known about Ivenet who may have been resident artist at the Rastatt court.
