Lot 211: AUGUSTIN-CHRISTIAN RITT (RUSSIAN, 1765-1799)

AUGUSTIN-CHRISTIAN RITT (RUSSIAN, 1765-1799)
A young lady, in white dress, red shawl draped around her shoulders, pale pink flowers, foliage and flowing white scarf tied in her long curling hair; her left elbow leaning on a stone plinth, foliate background
signed 'Ritt' (lower right)
on ivory
oval, 4 9/16 in. (106 mm.) high, later rectangular ormolu frame with easel stand

Paul A. Scholz Collection, Berlin; Lempertz, Cologne, 24 November 1976, lot 92.