PORTUGESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1835

Queen Maria II da Gloria of Portugal, facing left in lace-bordered pale blue dress with gathered spotted white gauze sleeves, ermine-lined orange cloak fastened at her left shoulder, gold bracelet, her brown hair dressed in curls and an Apollo knot, wearing the composite sash and breast star of the Portugese Orders of the Christ, St James of the Sword and Avis, holding the a scroll inscribed with the Portugese Constitution, the Royal Crown to her right

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PORTUGESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1835
Queen Maria II da Gloria of Portugal, facing left in lace-bordered pale blue dress with gathered spotted white gauze sleeves, ermine-lined orange cloak fastened at her left shoulder, gold bracelet, her brown hair dressed in curls and an Apollo knot, wearing the composite sash and breast star of the Portugese Orders of the Christ, St James of the Sword and Avis, holding the a scroll inscribed with the Portugese Constitution, the Royal Crown to her right
2 in. (63 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount

Lot Essay

Maria II da Gloria (1819-1853), Queen of Portugal 1834-1853, was the daughter of King Pedro I (see lot 162). In 1835, she married Augustus Charles of Beauharnais who died immediately and in 1835, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha with whom she had seven children.
For another miniature of this sitter, see lot 162.

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