German School, 1st half 18th century, Portrait of Baroness Maria Catharina von Loë

German School, 1st half 18th century

Portrait of Baroness Maria Catharina von Loë

Oil on canvas (relined). 85.5 x 72.5 cm.

** Provenance
Aristocratic ownership, Rhineland.

With a modern inscription to the reverse of the canvas, presumably copied from the original canvas: "Freifrau von Wartendonk [!] / Gemahlin von Jan Adolf v. Loë ".

Maria Catharina (1699-1739) was the daughter of Baron Johann Hermann Adrian von Wachtendonk and his wife Maria, née Baroness von Weichs zur Wenne. Maria Catharina was married to Baron Johann Adolf von Loë (1687-1743). This portrait depicts her within an oval.