Empress Marie-Louise (1791-1847), in white silk dress, lace bordered fichu with high standing collar, her brown hair curled and upswept

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JEAN-PIERRE MENUISIER (FRENCH, 1783 - c. 1819)
Empress Marie-Louise (1791-1847), in white silk dress, lace bordered fichu with high standing collar, her brown hair curled and upswept
bearing signature 'Isabey' (mid-right)
oval, 1 11/16 in. (44 mm.) high, rectangular gilt-metal easel frame with inner palmette border

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Lot Essay

Marie-Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis I of Austria (see lots 168 and 338) married Emperor Napoléon I as his second wife. After his exile she divorced and married Count von Neipperg and, after the Vienna Congress, became Duchess of Parma.

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