María de Servidori, Domingo (1724 – 1790) – Joseph Pinfold Esq, Merchant in Italy.
María de Servidori, Domingo (1724 - 1790)
Joseph Pinfold Esq, Merchant in Italy.
Pen and ink on vellum. c.1755. Inscribed 'Mr Pinfold / Sr. / While I was dra / wing your Picture I /
could not hinder my self from / admiring in the Original that / grandeur of soul and best of Mo /
morals so natural in you: which has / made such an impression in my hart / that no time is capable
of Effacing / the same, the effects of which / wil make me ambitious at / all times of meriting the
ti / tle of / Sr. / Yr. most Obt. Hble. Sert. / F Domco. Ma. de Servitori. Further inscibed to a label
verso of the frame, 'Joseph Pinfold Esq. ./ Drawn in Italy / for Miss Isabell & Louisa Pinfold / ...'.
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The sitter is presumably the 'Pinfold, Merchant' recorded in Leghorn in 1755 and who in January that year met Robert Adam (See Ingamells). He is depicted as a successful merchant in a fur-trimmed coat, a fleet of ships visible out of the window behind him. Servidori was a Dominican painter, draughtsman, calligrapher, and writing-master. He was Spanish but born and educated in Rome. In 1757 he was granted an annuity to work as a draughtsman and miniaturist by Ferdinand VI.
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