Lot Essay
For a further portrait of the present sitter, see lot 84.
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Maria Theresa of Habsburg (1717-1780), Holy Roman Empress 1745-1780, seated with her right arm resting on a red cushion with gold tassel beside two jewelled crowns, in lace-bordered blue velvet dress with silver-embroidered bodice and lace sleeves, red-lined yellow figured stole draped over her right shoulder, lace choker, drop jewelled earring and matching diadem in her upswept and curled powdered hair
Details
ANTONIO BENCINI (ITALIAN, B. C. 1710)
Maria Theresa of Habsburg (1717-1780), Holy Roman Empress 1745-1780, seated with her right arm resting on a red cushion with gold tassel beside two jewelled crowns, in lace-bordered blue velvet dress with silver-embroidered bodice and lace sleeves, red-lined yellow figured stole draped over her right shoulder, lace choker, drop jewelled earring and matching diadem in her upswept and curled powdered hair
oval, 3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Maria Theresa of Habsburg (1717-1780), Holy Roman Empress 1745-1780, seated with her right arm resting on a red cushion with gold tassel beside two jewelled crowns, in lace-bordered blue velvet dress with silver-embroidered bodice and lace sleeves, red-lined yellow figured stole draped over her right shoulder, lace choker, drop jewelled earring and matching diadem in her upswept and curled powdered hair
oval, 3 1/16 in. (78 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
Provenance
A nobleman; Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1994, lot 151.
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