Queen Maria Antonia, Queen of Sardinia (1729-1785)

after Domenico Duprà (Turin 1689 – 1770) . Oil painting on canvas, Queen Maria Antonia, Queen of Sardinia (1729-1785), after Domenico Duprà (Turin 1689 – 1770), circa 1755-1758 (after original by Clementi of circa 1750) A half-length portrait of a young woman, turnd to the left, gazing at the spectator, wearing a red cape lined with white fur over whitish/grey lace dress, with diamond parure and brown fur around the neck. Her left hand held across her breast, resting on a drop pearl pendant brooch; grey, powdered, hair; her right hand round a small grey dog with clipped ears, which sits beside her on the left on a blue cushion. Mid-brown background. Ickworth, Suffolk (Accredited Museum)