Princess Maria-Theresia, facing left in lace-bordered white dress with blue bows and large blue bow at corsage, pearl necklace, lace cap with blue bow in her upswept powdered hair; and Princess Maria-Felicia, facing right in lace-bordered sprigged white dress, blue shawl draped over her right arm, string of pearls pinned at corsage, pearl necklace and drop earrings, white cap with falling lace in her upswept powdered hair; curtain background with tassel

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1775
Princess Maria-Theresia, facing left in lace-bordered white dress with blue bows and large blue bow at corsage, pearl necklace, lace cap with blue bow in her upswept powdered hair; and Princess Maria-Felicia, facing right in lace-bordered sprigged white dress, blue shawl draped over her right arm, string of pearls pinned at corsage, pearl necklace and drop earrings, white cap with falling lace in her upswept powdered hair; curtain background with tassel
ovals, 1 11/16 in. (42 mm.) and 1¾ in. (44 mm.) high, stamped gilt-metal frames with foliate surmount (2)

Provenance

Umberto II, King of Italy (1904-1983).

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Lot Essay

Princesses Eleonora Maria Theresia (1728-1782, pictured right) and Maria Felicità (1730-1801, pictured left) were two of the three daughters of King Carlo Emanuele III of Sardinia and his second wife Polissena Cristina of Hesse.

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