Baroness Maria von Budberg (née d'Oubril), in white dress, lace-bordered guaze scarf tied around her shoulders, blue bandeau in her upswept brown hair; stone pillar, sky and cloud background

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EMANUEL THOMAS PETER (AUSTRIAN, 1799-1873)
Baroness Maria von Budberg (née d'Oubril), in white dress, lace-bordered guaze scarf tied around her shoulders, blue bandeau in her upswept brown hair; stone pillar, sky and cloud background
signed and dated 'Em Peter. 855' (mid-right)
oval, 3 5/16 in. (84 mm.) high, rectangular stamped gilt-metal frame with rounded corners and easel stand

Provenance

By direct family descent.

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Lot Essay

Maria d'Oubril married Baron André Feodorovich von Budberg, a Livonian who acted as the Russian chargé d'affaires in Frankfurt. Their daughter Baroness Maria Andreievna von Budberg (1847-1917) married Prince Victor Nicolaievich Gagarine (1847-1912), a direct descendant of Empress Catherine the Great, on 22 September 1867.

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