Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, facing left in lavender-coloured dress with high standing lace collar, double pearl necklace, pearl set tiara with large white ostrich plumes in her curled brown hair

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JEREMIA DAVID ALEXANDER FIORINO (1797-1847)
Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, facing left in lavender-coloured dress with high standing lace collar, double pearl necklace, pearl set tiara with large white ostrich plumes in her curled brown hair
signed 'Fiorino. p:' (lower left)
oval, 1.13/16 in. (46 mm.) high, gilt-metal hinged frame with outer blue enamel border and chain attachments

Provenance

With Gualtiero Schubert, Milan.

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Lot Essay

Princess Maria Amalia (1757-1831) was the eldest daughter of short-lived Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and his wife Maria Antonia Princess of Bavaria. In 1774, she was married to Palatine Count Charles II, Duke of Zweibrücken and had a son. A great-granddaughter of King Augustus the Strong of Poland, she was the sister of the Saxon Kings Frederick I and Anthony I who were also both painted by Fiorino.
A miniature of Princess Maria Amalia as a young lady was offered at Sotheby's, London, 14 September 2000, lot 354.

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