Portrait of Eleonora Duse

Gabriel Ritter von Max

1840 Prague – 1915 Munich

Pen in brown ink, washed with white body-colour, red chalk on cardboard. Size of sheet: 32 x 26.2 cm. Signed.

With Sarah Bernhardt, Eleonora Duse was among the most important dramatic actors of fin de siècle theatre.

This portrait was probably made shortly before 1900. (See Gerardo Guerrieri, Eleonora Duse e il Suo Tempo 1858-1924, Editrice Canova Treviso, 1974).

Bought by a private collector, France.