ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790

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ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790
Maria-Carolina (1752-1814), Queen of Naples, in black dress with russet sash, embroidered white muslin, a red aigrette tucked into her black silk cap embellished with long white bandeau, wearing pearl necklace and drop-pearl earrings
on ivory
oval, 2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with faceted border

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1994, lot 170.

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Lot Essay

Archduchess Maria-Carolina of Habsburg, daughter of Empress Maria-Theresa and Emperor Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, married Ferdinand IV, King of Naples, in 1768. Only nine of their numerous children survived beyond early childhood. A sister of Queen Marie-Antoinette of France, she was the grandmother of the Duchess of Berry.

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