Wertmüller was born in Stockholm and trained in Paris and Rome. He executed the present portrait and its companion (P002226) during his time in Spain. While there he painted the leading members of the aristocracy, to whom he was introduced by the Count. A diplomat, the present sitter was born in Over Issel, The Hague, in 1737 and was the Dutch ambassador in Madrid in 1783.
Goya and his times: Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1963-4:, Royal Academy of Arts in London, Londres, 1963, pp. 15.
Salas, Xavier de, Museo del Prado. Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972.
L' art européen á la cour d'Espagne au XVIIIe siecle, Reunion des musees nationaux, Paris, 1979, pp. 161.
Roettgen, Steffi, Anton Raphael Mengs, 1728-1779, Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 1999, pp. 199.
Catálogo Museo del Prado, 1952. Núm. 2225.
A. Wermüller sueci pt. Madrid 1790
Signed and dated.
Front, upper left corner
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