Amelie d'Aubigny - Marie Thérèse of France, Duchess of Angoulême

Marie thérèse charlotte of france (1778-1851), duchesse d'angoulême, in white lace-bordered dark green dress, pearl-set waistband, wearing pearl necklace, earring and pearls in her upswept fair hair dressed in ringlets, adorned with ostrich plumes and white lace veil; interior background with mauve curtain and pillar signed 'alie dtel' (mid-right) on ivory oval, 3 7/16 in. (87 mm. ) high, rectangular ormolu frame with acanthus surmount, the corners applied with gilt acanthus leaves and foliate scrolls a paper label on the reverse is inscribed in pen with biographical information about the sitter. Provenance bequeathed by the marquise douairière de louvois (d. 1822) to the marquise de montaigu. Sotheby's, monte carlo, 25 june 1976, lot 397. Robert d. Brewster (1916-1995) collection, new york; sotheby's, geneva, 15 november 1995, lot 338. Date: 19th century.