Giovanni Boldini, RITRATTO DI LADY MICHELHAM, oil on canvas, 166x112 cm. signed, executed in 1917. Estimate: € 80.000-120.000. © Sotheby's Images

MILAN, ITALY.- Sotheby’s Milan will hold an auction of 19th century Paintings on December 19. There is a catalogue of about 150 lots highlighted by a fine Boldini’s, the portrait of Baroness Aimeè Geraldine Ferguson Bradshaw, Lady Michelham. She was from the family of the present Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson and with her husband was a famous art collector at the beginning of 20th century in London . She was famous for her parties and for her beloved strings of pearls which are represented in this 1917 portrait. (courtesy www.artdaily.cm)