Attributed to Antonio Bencini (b. circa 1710)

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Attributed to Antonio Bencini (b. circa 1710)

Empress Maria-Theresia of the Holy Roman Empire, facing right in red cloak, jewelled tiara in her powdered curled hair

oval, 1 1/16in. (27mm.) high, silver-gilt easel frame with chrysolite surround

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Archduchess Maria-Theresia of Habsburg (1717-1780), daughter of Emperor Karl VI and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel, married Duke Franz Stephan of Lorraine in 1736. She became Queen of Hungary in 1741 and Holy Roman Empress in 1745. For a miniature of her 16th and youngest child, Archduke Maximilian, see lot 85.

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