Lot Essay
For another miniature of Queen Maria II da Gloria, see lot 169.
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Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (1798-1834), facing right in black coat with embroidered gold collar and epaulettes, wearing the red moir sash of the Royal Portugese Order of the Christ and a breast-star; and his daughter, Maria da Gloria, later Queen Maria II da Gloria of Portugal (1819-1853), facing left in off-the-shoulder blue silk dress with bow at corsage, wearing the red sash of the Royal Portugese Order of the Christ, her fair hair curled in ringlets and dressed in an Apollo knot
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PORTUGESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1834
Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (1798-1834), facing right in black coat with embroidered gold collar and epaulettes, wearing the red moir sash of the Royal Portugese Order of the Christ and a breast-star; and his daughter, Maria da Gloria, later Queen Maria II da Gloria of Portugal (1819-1853), facing left in off-the-shoulder blue silk dress with bow at corsage, wearing the red sash of the Royal Portugese Order of the Christ, her fair hair curled in ringlets and dressed in an Apollo knot
1 in. (45 mm.) and 1.13/16 in. (46 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mounts (2)
Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (1798-1834), facing right in black coat with embroidered gold collar and epaulettes, wearing the red moir sash of the Royal Portugese Order of the Christ and a breast-star; and his daughter, Maria da Gloria, later Queen Maria II da Gloria of Portugal (1819-1853), facing left in off-the-shoulder blue silk dress with bow at corsage, wearing the red sash of the Royal Portugese Order of the Christ, her fair hair curled in ringlets and dressed in an Apollo knot
1 in. (45 mm.) and 1.13/16 in. (46 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mounts (2)