FRENCH SCHOOL 18th CENTURY, MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF Elisabeth Charlotte d’ORLEANS, DUCHESSE DE LORRAINE , CIRCA 1730

TECHNIQUE: Watercolor and gouache on velum, protected under glass

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FRAME : Gilded metal mount

PORTRAIT SIZE: 5,8x4,4cm

FRAME SIZE: 7x5,5cm

DESCRIPTION :

Miniature portrait circa 1730, of Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (13 September 1676 – 23 December 1744) was a French petite-fille de France and by marriage to Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, duchess and later regent of Lorraine and Bar. She was also suo jure Princess of Commercy. Among her children was Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, father of Queen marie antoinette and  a co-founder of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.


CONDITION: Perfect original condition.

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