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A Paris oval Royal portrait plaque of the Grand Duchess of Tuscany

CIRCA 1815

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A Paris oval Royal portrait plaque of the Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Circa 1815
Painted half-length turned partially to her right, wearing a gilt- enriched lace shawl, pearl earrings and necklace and a purple dress with a jewelled gilt belt centred by an emerald, before a stippled brown ground, the reverse inscribed in black script Elisa Gde Duchesse de Toscane
5¾ in. (14.7 cm.) high, wood frame
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Lot Essay

Elisa Bonaparte (1777-1820) was Emperor Napoleon I's younger sister and married Felix Baciocchi (1762-1841), Duke of Lucca in 1797. She was created Princess of Lucca and Piombino in 1806 and Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1809-14.

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