Lot 335: A young boy, leaning on marble-topped table in open blue coat, crimson waistcoat, white shirt with large frilled collar, and buff-coloured trousers, a riding crop in his right hand, flowers in vase beside him; drapery background

FLORIANO PIETROCOLA (ITALIAN, B. 1809)
A young boy, leaning on marble-topped table in open blue coat, crimson waistcoat, white shirt with large frilled collar, and buff-coloured trousers, a riding crop in his right hand, flowers in vase beside him; drapery background
signed and dated on backing paper 'F. Pietrocola - Napoli aprile, 1841.'
rectangular, 3 7/8 x 3¼ in. (98 x 82 mm.), silver-gilt frame, the reverse with aperture for signature

Leo Schidlof & Kende, Vienna, 19 November 1917, lot 71.

Pietrocola's portrait of Sophie Aleksandrovna Muravieva is illustrated in G. N. Komelova/G. A. Printseva, Portrait Miniature in Russia, XVIII - early XX century, from the Collection of The Hermitage , Leningrad, 1986, no. 62, p. 230, pl. 217.