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This work is one out of many drawings and watercolors from the two albums compiled between 1833-1850 by Princess Henriette Odescalchi.

Princess Henriette Odescalchi, nee Countess Zichy-Ferraris was born on February 10, 1800 as a daughter of Count Ferenc Franz Zichy-Ferraris de Zich et Vásonkeö (see our additional image) and Marie Wilhelmine von Ferraris. She was the older sister of 5 years her junior Countess Melanie Zichy-Ferraris, the 3rd wife of Austrian Chancellor Prince Metternich.
She was born at her parents' residence Castle Karlburg (now Rusovsky Kastiel in the suburb of Bratislava, Slovakia; see our additional image).
In 1831, Henriette married 22 years her senior aristocrat of Italian descent, Prince Innocenzo Vincenz Odescalchi (see our additional image). The latter died on September 24, 1833, i.e. 19 days after this watercolor (it is dated September 7) was painted and 9 weeks after the birth of his son.
Widowed and with child, Princess Henriette first lived in Karlburg; then, from 1842 - in her summer residence, Castle Hinterberg near the resort Baden by Vienna (see our additional image; now, it is one of Austrian prisons) and in her winter quartier in Vienna. She was one of the most prominent ladies of the Austrian high society, the bearer of the ladies Star Cross Order, head of the "Gesellschaft adeliger Frauen zur Beförderung des Guten und Nützlichen" (English: Noblewomen's Society for Encouragement of the Virtues and Principals"). She died on December 12, 1852.

Provenance:
1) Princess Henriette Odescalchi (1800-1852)
2) Prince Victor Odescalchi (1833-1880)
3) Victor's widow, Princess Johanna Odescalchi, nee Countess d'Orsay (1846-1937)
4) Prince Ladislaus Odescalchi (b.1846-?)
5) Vienna antique trade

Our last image shows the cover of a recently in Bratislava, Slovakia, published book: "Kastiel' v Rusovciach vo svetle vytvarnych diel 19. storocia" by Katarina Benova. This work includes illustrations of a lot of drawings and watercolours from the mentioned albums which we sold in 2016 to Slovenska Narodna Galeria.
 

Condition: good

Creation Year: 1840

Measurements: UNFRAMED:14,3x21,2cm/5,6x8,3in

Object Type: Unframed drawing

Style: 19th century drawings

Technique: pen, brown ink on paper

Inscription: inscribed in French

Creator: Princess Henriette Odescalchi

Creator Dates: 1800-1852

Nationality: Austrian


Themes:
ODESCALCHI
FEMALE ARTIST
AUSTRIAN
ITALIAN
NEAPOLITAN
AMALFIAN
AMALFI
ARISTOCRAT
COASTAL


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