Empress Maria Ludovika of Austria (1787-1816), facing right in white silk dress with high standing lace-bordered gauze collar, white and gold striped sleeves, maroon shawl draped around her shoulders, pearls in her upswept and curled hair

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BERNHARD EDLER VON GUÉRARD (d. 1836)
Empress Maria Ludovika of Austria (1787-1816), facing right in white silk dress with high standing lace-bordered gauze collar, white and gold striped sleeves, maroon shawl draped around her shoulders, pearls in her upswept and curled hair
signed 'B: de Guérard [...]' (lower right)
2 5/8 in. (67 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount

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Lot Essay

Maria Ludovika, fifth and youngest daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este, Duke of Modena, married as his third wife, Emperor Francis II of Austria in 1808. Their marriage was childless, and she took a great interest in the education of her numerous stepchildren.
For a portrait of the sitter's mother, Maria-Beatrice of Este, see lot 243.
Two other miniatures of Maria Ludovika by Guérard are illustrated in R. Keil, Die Porträtminiaturen des Hauses Habsburg, Vienna, 1999, p. 122, nos. 236 and 237.

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