FRANÇOIS MEURET (1800-1887)

Princess Adélaïde of Orléans, full face in aubergine-coloured silk dress with black lace frill and white lace collar, black lace shawl draped over her shoulders, white gauze bonnet with ostrich feathers tied under her chin in dark curled hair; and Hélène,

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FRANÇOIS MEURET (1800-1887)
Princess Adélaïde of Orléans, full face in aubergine-coloured silk dress with black lace frill and white lace collar, black lace shawl draped over her shoulders, white gauze bonnet with ostrich feathers tied under her chin in dark curled hair; and Hélène, Duchess of Orléans, facing right in blue silk dress, lace-bordered gauze stole draped around her shoulders, flowers and white lace in her centre-parted dark hair
signed '[Meuret d'après] Winterhalter' (upper right) and 'Meuret d'après Lauchert' (upper right), respectively
oval, 36 in. (91 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-bronze easel frame with velvet mount; and 3.11/16 in. (94 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-metal frame with stamped scroll border (2)

拍品專文

Adélaïde, Princess of Orléans (1777-1848), daughter of Philippe-Egalité and Princess Louise de Penthièvre, was called Madame Adélaïde. The sister of King Louis-Philippe, she remained unmarried.
Hélène of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814-1858) was married to King Louis-Philippe's eldest son, the Duke of Orléans, in 1837. Her young husband died five years later in a carriage accident.