Anna Rosina Liszewska/Liscewsky (b. Berlin 1716, d. Dresden 1783)
Purchased by The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle in June 2014.
Interior with Heinrich Albert Thalbitzer (1737–1785), Preussian consul in Helsingør. He is seated at a table in a pink dress and a lace shirt. On the table a candlestick and a letter adressed “To mr. Henry Thalbitzer Mercht (Merchant) to London”. He is reading in a book with the title The Guardian. Inscribed on the old canvas: Gemahlt von R. von Gasc geb. von Lisiewsky Berlin 1762. Oil on canvas. 115×88 cm.
Heinrich Thalbitzer's and wife's white marble gravestone comes with this lot. (2).
The painting is relined and the inscription is therefore hidden.
Anna Rosina Liszewska was born into a family of painters of Polish noble origin and was taught by her father. She later studied with the painter Antoine Pesne and learned his style of painting. His influence is obvious in the Thalbitzer portrait.
In 1741 Anna Rosina married the Preussian court painter David Matthieu (1697–1755). After his death she married Louis de Gasc in 1760.
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Paintings and sculptures, 10 June 2014