This canvas forms a pair with that of the sitter’s husband, Count Jacob of Rechteren-Almelvo (P-2225). Inés María Aguirre y Yoldi was born in Cádiz and married in 1783, the year when the Count was Dutch ambassador in Madrid. Both portraits are painted in a precise, rather restrained manner.
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Museo Nacional del Prado, Catálogo de las pinturas, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1985, pp. 773.
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Roettgen, Steffi, Anton Raphael Mengs, 1728-1779, I, Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 1999, pp. 252.
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856).
Núm. 1638.
Autor, Wertmuller / 1638. Asunto, doña Concepción Aguirre y Yoldi. / lienzo, 62 x 52 cms. / Nº catalogo, 2226 / Adquirido por el Patronato del Tesoro Artístico en 1932
Catálogo Museo del Prado, 1952. Núm. 2226.
A. Wertmuller pictor sueci pt. Madrid 1790
Signed and dated.
Front, upper right corner
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