Interior: A Sultana taking Coffee in the Harem

Provenance

One of more than forty cabinet pictures of Turkish highlife commissioned by Field Marshall Matthias Johann, Graf von der Schulenburg (d. 1747) Venice. By descent to his nephew Christian Gunther von der Schulenburg, transferred from Venice to Hehlen, near Hannover. By descent in the Schulenburg family until c. 1952 or shortly thereafter. Sold by Count Johann Heinrich von der Schulenburg. Private collection, Switzerland. Wildenstein and Co., from March , 1957 sold to Mrs. Joseph Regenstein, 1964. Gift of Mrs. Regenstein, 1964.

Interior: A Sultana taking Coffee in the Harem

Giovanni Antonio Guardi

1742–43

Accession Number

20598

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

46 × 63 cm (18 1/16 × 24 3/4 in.)

Classification

painting

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Joseph Regenstein