The empress is portrayed here in half-length, wearing a black velvet dress (she had recently been widowed and would wear mourning until the end of her life), with ermine ornamentation on the sleeves. She wears a pearl necklace and a thin pearl tiara. The hair is divided into three parts, with a bun on top of the head (secured with a conical pin, also made of pearls) and loose curls on the side. She is sitting on a chair from which a segment of the carved, golden back can be seen. Its backdrop is a red curtain and, to the left, a column with its base. The portrait of d. Amélia de beauharnais in the collection of the museu nacional de soares dos reis differs from all the others in that the empress is represented there wearing a sash of blue, green and white fabric, crossed over her torso. Object Type: painting. Date: 1830s. Dimensions: 745 mm x 645 mm. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: National Museum Soares dos Reis. Retrato da D. Amélia de Beauharnais - Google Art Project
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