FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1775 AND 1795

The Countess of Artois, facing right in white dress with pink straps, a white lace cap with pink ribbons in her upswept powdered hair: together with the Duke of Angoulême, full face in blue uniform with embroidered red collar and gold epaulettes, white waistcoat and black cravat, the white scarf embroidered with three black fleur-de-lys of the counter-revolutionary Army of the Prince of Condé tied on his left arm, wearing the red badge of the Royal French Military Order of the Saint-Louis and the silver breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost

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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1775 AND 1795
The Countess of Artois, facing right in white dress with pink straps, a white lace cap with pink ribbons in her upswept powdered hair: together with the Duke of Angoulême, full face in blue uniform with embroidered red collar and gold epaulettes, white waistcoat and black cravat, the white scarf embroidered with three black fleur-de-lys of the counter-revolutionary Army of the Prince of Condé tied on his left arm, wearing the red badge of the Royal French Military Order of the Saint-Louis and the silver breast-star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost
ovals, 1¼ in. (32 mm.) and 2½ in. (64 mm.) high, gilt-metal mounts (2)

拍品专文

Maria Teresa (1756-1805), daughter of Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia married Charles-Philip of France, Count of Artois, the future King Charles X. She was the mother of the Dukes of Angoulême (1776-1844) and Berry (1778-1820) (see lots 150 and 170).