"Portrait of Marie Clotilde of France, Queen Consort of Sardinia, with a Baroque Guitar", François-Hubert Drouais, circa 1775
Portrait of marie clotilde of france (1759-1802), wife of carlo emanuele iv of sardinia (1751-1819). The sitter holding a voboam style five course baroque guitar with lattice inlaid sides and matching pink silk strap to the sitter's pink and blue silk dress trimmed in black and white laces, she wears a three strand pearl bracelet. 20" x 30" note: marie clotilde of france (1759-1802) queen consort of sardinia. Sister to louis xvi of france. Reference: florence gétreau. Recent research about the voboam family and their guitars. Journal of the american musical instrument society, american musical instrument society, 2005, xxxi, pp. 5-66. Catalog number: ffhalshs-00009572f. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1775. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unidentified location. Circle of Drouais - Clotilde of France with a Baroque Guitar