Mihail Töpler - The Great Logofetesian Smaranda Sturdza-Balș

1800 - 1805

oil on canvas

85.5 x 69.5 cm

DOCUMENTARY DATA

• The work is reproduced in "Règne De Michel Sturdza, Prince Régnant De Moldavie, 1834-1849", Alexandru A.C. Sturdza, Paris, 1907, plate 32 with the description: "Smaranda Sturdza de Ruginoasa. wife of grand vestiar Alexandre Bals de Dumbraveni".
•  The work is reproduced in the study "Testamentul și inventarul averii Smarandei Balș" by Dan Dumitru Iacob published in "Avere, prestigiu și cultură materială în surse patrimoniale", Colecția Historica, Iași, 2015, on page 463, fig. 1.
• The work is reproduced in "Familii boierești din Moldova și Țara Românească. Enciclopedie istorică, genealogică și biografică", coord. Mihai Dim. Sturdza, Vol. I, on page 279.
• The work participated in the exhibition Temporal Harmonies - From Classical to Contemporary in Visual Art, Noblesse Palace, Bucharest, March 26, 2025.

PROVENANCE

• Dorotheum, Vienna
• Private collection, Italy
• Until 1907, the Ghika family collection, located in the manor of Dumbrăveni; entered the possession of the Ghiculești family through the transfer of the estate following the marriage of Ecaterina Balș (Smaranda's granddaughter) to Leon Gheoca (Ghika-Dumbrăveni)
  
• Until 1848, Smaranda Balș collection