Portrait of Maria Theresia von Habsburg, three-quarter-length, in a pink dress with a lace bodice and sleeves and an ermine robe, a jewel with the portrait of her future husband on her breast, standing before a column

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Studio of Martin van Meytens II (Stockholm 1695-1770 Vienna)
Portrait of Maria Theresia von Habsburg, three-quarter-length, in a pink dress with a lace bodice and sleeves and an ermine robe, a jewel with the portrait of her future husband on her breast, standing before a column
oil on canvas
146.5 x 116.4 cm.

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Lot Essay

The Duchess of Elisabeth Caroline of Lotharingen presented her daughter-in-law Maria Theresia, on the occasion of the marriage to her son Franz II of Lotharingen, a diamond corsage which she is wearing in the present portrait. This diamond corsage became later the famous Rosenkollier at the court in Austria.
On the sculpted pedestal to the left of Maria Theresa is the ducal crown of Kloster Neuburg.

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