German School circa 1600 - Portrait of Dorothea Reuß von Plauen, Countess of Erbach - image-1

Lot 19 Dα

German School circa 1600 - Portrait of Dorothea Reuß von Plauen, Countess of Erbach

Auction 1074 - overview Cologne
21.09.2016, 14:30 - Paintings 15th-19th Centuries
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 3.100 € (incl. premium)

German School circa 1600

Portrait of Dorothea Reuß von Plauen, Countess of Erbach

Oil on copper. 7.8 x 6.5 cm.

Inscribed to the spandrels: "Dorathea Grävin Zue Erpach / Geborne Reissinn Von / Plaweyn ATA: 25 / ANNO DOMINI 1590". Dorthea was born in 1566 as the daughter of Count Henry XV Reuß von Plauen and his wife Marie Salome von Oettingen-Oettingen. She was the third wife of Count Georg III zu Erbach, but died in 1591, just four years after they married and one year after the completion of this portrait.