BERNIGEROTH Johann Martin (1713-1767) - Maria Clementina Sobieskÿ Gemahlin des Praetendenten auf Gross. Britanien [ante 1767].

BERNIGEROTH Johann Martin (1713-1767) - Maria Clementina Sobieskÿ Gemahlin des Praetendenten auf Gross. Britanien [ante 1767].

Copperplate, rulet, paper. Dimension in st. pp.: 14.5 x 9 cm. The work framed in a gilded frame and green passe-partout. On the reverse of the binding a description of the collection and a stamp.Minor rubbing of the binding.

Beautiful portrait of John III Sobieski's granddaughter, Maria Klementyna Sobieska, by Johann Martin Bernigeroth (1713-1767), a German printmaker from a well-known family of Leipzig copper engravers.

Lit. by Widacka, Catalogue of portraits.... t. 3 item 3280.

Maria Klementyna Sobieska (1702-1735), (1719-1735) as wife of Jacobite pretender to the throne of England, Scotland, France and Ireland James III, daughter of James Sobieski and Jadwiga Elizabeth Neuburg, granddaughter of John III Sobieski. [wikipedia.co.uk]