NATALE SCHIAVONI, signed, circa 1835/1840

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NATALE SCHIAVONI, signed, circa 1835/1840

Empress Maria-Anna of Austria seated in a red-upholstered gilt-wood armchair, her brown hair dressed in a bun, wearing pearl drop earrings, a quintuple pearl necklace, a low-cut white satin dress with long puff-sleeves, set with bows, two gold bracelets with miniatures, and a long yellow shawl; embroidered green brocade drapery, a column and evening landscape in the background; rectangular -- 122 x 94 mm, gilt-metal mount

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Maria-Anna of Savoy (1803-1884), daughter of King Vittorio-Emanuele I of Sardinia (see lot 108), married the Hereditary Prince Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, in 1831. On his accession to the throne in 1835 as Ferdinand I of Austria, Maria-Anna became Empress, and, in 1836, Queen of Bohemia. Despite the fact that she never learned to speak the German language, she seems nevertheless to have been most popular in Austria.

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