Image came from an ebay sale of the portrait. The artist and sitter have been dead for more than 100 years. The portrait was also published in 1913 in a book by an american publisher. The comment within the image says:
henriette mendel (1833-1891) portrait by friedrich dürck (1809-84)
also known as henrietta mendel, she was an actress who was elevated to nobility as baroness wallersee (1859). She was the wife (1859-1891) of ludwig wilhelm, duke in bavaria (1831-1920) and mother of marie, countess larisch von moennich (1858-1940). A copy of this portrait appears on page 11 of larisch's autobiography, "my past" (g. P. Putnam's sons, 1913). The caption reads: "henrietta mendel, baroness von wallersee, mother of countess marie larisch. ". Object Type: painting. Date: between 1850-1891 and. Medium: painting. Collection: Unidentified location. Friedrich Dürck, Henriette Mendel
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