Lot 37: Veronica Stern (later Mme. Telli) (Italian, 1717-1801) A Lady, wearing orange shawl over blue robe lined with white, a jewelled clasp at her right shoulder, her curling fair hair dressed with pearls, lilies and trailing veil, playing the lute, sheet

A Lady, wearing orange shawl over blue robe lined with white, a jewelled clasp at her right shoulder, her curling fair hair dressed with pearls, lilies and trailing veil, playing the lute, sheet music visible to her left.
Painted on opaque ivory, Signed on the obverse Veronica/ ****n, ebony frame.
Rectangular, 54mm (2 1/8in) high

The present lot is a rare work by Stern, showing the clear influence of her fellow member of the St. Luca Academy, Rosalba Carriera. Stern is perhaps better known for her portraits of the exiled Jacobites, but like Carriera she was also drawn to Classical and Mythological subjects.