Portrait of Vittorio Alfieri and the Countess of Albany Luisa Stolberg, 1796 (oil on canvas)

Portrait of Vittorio Alfieri and the Countess of Albany Luisa Stolberg (Ritratto di Vittorio Alfieri e della contessa Luisa Stolberg d'Albany), by François Xavier Pascal Fabre, 1796, 18th Century, oil on canvas Whole artwork view. Vittorio Alfieri and the noblewoman are sitting around a table, one in front of each other, looking in their eyes; the countess wears a headgear which covers her thick, curly hair, and keeps a letter in her hands; the writer, dressed with elegance, leans his chin upon his right hand, and keeps open a book open with his left hand; on the table, covered with a tablecloth decorated with dark-coloured motifs, are placed books, sheets, a quill feather and the inkwell François Xavier Pascal Fabre Madama Palace