Countess Anna Orzelska in white decolleté dress with pink trim and jewelled set clasp, white under dress, blue silk, ermine-trimmed cloak draped around the shoulders, drop-pearl earrings and small blue flowers in her upswept powdered hair

Anna Orzelska was the illigitimate daughter of Augustus II of Poland (1670-1733) and Henryka Renard. On the discovery of her identity in 1724 by her half-brother, Anna was officially recognised by her father who granted her the title of countess and provided her with money and a residence - the 'Blue Palace' in Warsaw.