Portrait of Clotilde, Countess Reichsgräfin von Willich und Lottum: subtly artistic and historically significant

(Active in 1828) Portrait of Clotilde, Countess Reichsgräfin von Wylich und Lottum, née Countess zu Putbus. A very finely crafted and historically significant Biedermeier portrait of the countess, seated in the classical salon of a neoclassical palace. Oil on card. There is a note on the reverse side: "Lottum." 37 cm x 31 cm. Framed. Clotilde, daughter of Wilhelm Malte I, Prince of Putbus, married Friedrich von Wylich und Lottum in 1828, whose son became Wilhelm Malte II, Prince of Putbus, in 1854. In 1859, Franz Xaver Winterhalter created a famous painting of the countess. German portraitist, active in the 19th century.