Lot Essay
Elisabeth, Duchess of Parma, daughter of Louis XV, King of France and Navarre, married Filippo, Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (1720-1765) on 25 October 1739.
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Elisabeth, Duchess of Parma (1724-1759), seated in a red upholstered chair, in lace-bordered white dress with blue and yellow embroidery, matching choker, blue stole draped over her left shoulder, falling gauze veil from her upswept and powdered hair
Details
ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750
Elisabeth, Duchess of Parma (1724-1759), seated in a red upholstered chair, in lace-bordered white dress with blue and yellow embroidery, matching choker, blue stole draped over her left shoulder, falling gauze veil from her upswept and powdered hair
oval, 1 5/8 in. (3.9 cm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Elisabeth, Duchess of Parma (1724-1759), seated in a red upholstered chair, in lace-bordered white dress with blue and yellow embroidery, matching choker, blue stole draped over her left shoulder, falling gauze veil from her upswept and powdered hair
oval, 1 5/8 in. (3.9 cm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Provenance
King Umberto II of Italy (1904-1983); (+) Sotheby's, Geneva, 12 November 1984, lot 136.
Special notice
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