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PHILHELLENIC PORTRAIT OF “KYRA-VASSILIKI”

Portrait of Vassiliki Kontaxi, nicknamed Kyra Vassiliki (1789–1834). Watercolour, gouache and charcoal on paper.
Unsigned.
Dimensions of work 48X64cm.
Third quarter of the 19th century.
Kyra Vassiliki was an influential Greek woman brought up in the seraglio of the Ottoman ruler Ali Pasha.