Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), in lace-bordered Empire-lined white dress, ermine-bordered and gold-bordered blue cloak embroidered with the fleur-de-lys, draped over her left shoulder and tied with tassel, hanging from her right shoulder, gold tiara with blue medallion containing three fleur-de-lys and gold-bordered gauze scarf embroidered with gold stars in her long powdered curling hair

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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1815
Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-1793), in lace-bordered Empire-lined white dress, ermine-bordered and gold-bordered blue cloak embroidered with the fleur-de-lys, draped over her left shoulder and tied with tassel, hanging from her right shoulder, gold tiara with blue medallion containing three fleur-de-lys and gold-bordered gauze scarf embroidered with gold stars in her long powdered curling hair
3 in. (76 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount with pierced foliate border, set in shaped rectangular velvet easel stand

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Lot Essay

This is after François Dumont's posthumous miniature painted in 1814 (see P. Jean-Richard, Miniatures sur ivoire. Musée du Louvre. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1994, no. 213, and B. Hofstetter, 'François Dumont, peinte de la Cour', Le Pays Lorrain, vol. 76, no. 3, July-September 1995, p. 194, fig. 9).

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