Stage & Screen
DUSE
(Eleonora, 1858-1924, Italian Actress)
Fine Signed Portrait Photograph,
showing her seated head and shoulders, in profile to the viewer's right, wearing a light muslin shawl over an off-the-shoulder dress, relaxed but thoughtful, signed and inscribed on the mount in Italian to Mathilde LINDPAINTNER (1851-1942, née Martins de Almeida, wife, 1879, of the Bavarian Oberstleutnant Ludwig Lindpaintner, 1849-1896), with remembrances and good wishes, in a circular print 6 inches diameter on card mount 19 x 13¾, Florence, 7th September
Item Date: 1906
£775
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Background
Eleonora Duse appears to have chosen this photograph, not to display any drama, but as an expression of herself in repose - in contrast to her acting, in which she aimed to let the character, and only the character, display emotion. Mathilde Lindpaintner was half Portuguese, half Bavarian - her mother's father was Prince Karl, second son of King Maximilian I of Bavaria.
small round blot in blank upper portion of mount
Stock No. 56258
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