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Description

portrait of a duchess and her child, probably elisabeth christine of brunswick-wolfenbüttel, later wife of the Emperor Karl VI
Oil on canvas, in a painted oval, in a carved wood frame
190 by 146 cm.

Both full length, in an interior, she wearing a red dress, her child wearing a silver dress

Catalogue Note

Elisabeth-Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel married Karl VI in 1708, three years before he succeeded as Holy Roman Emperor in 1711. The child shown here may be one of their three daughters, Maria Theresia, born in 1717, Maria Anna, born in 1718, or Maria Amalie, born in 1724.

Provenance:
Blankenburg 1911, Inv. Nr. 220.