Porträt des Kronprinzen Rupprecht von Bayern (1869-1955). Ca. 1874.
Oil on panel, partly cradled.
47,5 x 33,5 cm (18,7 x 13,1 in).
In lavishly embellishes frame.
Verso of sheet with inscription:
"This adolescent portrait of his majesty Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, painted by, was a personal present for Baroness Ilka von Fabrice. After she had died in Florence in 1907, the painting was in possession of (my sister) Duchess Ellinka zu Pappenheim.
Munich, June 1921, Ilma Halm-Nikolai, neé Baroness of Fabrice".

Accompanied by a certificate issued by Dr. Sonja von Baranow, dated 10 May, 1990 (in copy).

PROVENANCE: Ilka von Fabrice, Florence.
Gräfin Ellinka zu Pappenheim, Munich.
Ilma Halm-Nikolai, neé Baroness von Fabrice, Munich.
Collection Adelberger, Nuremberg.
Auction Hugo Helbig, Munich 1930.
Private ownership Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: 25. Große Aiblinger Kunstausstellung 1990, Galerie Franz Gailer, Bad Aibling 1990, illu. p. 26 (catalog comes together with this painting).

Ilka von Fabrice (Dresden 1846-1907 Florence) was a student of Franz von Lenbach and was among the founding members of the 'Münchner Künstlerinnenvereins' in 1882. Between 1883 and 1900 her paintings were shown on international art exhibitions in Munich and Dresden. [CB].