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Description: | Princess Maria Clementina, daughter of Prince James Sobieski, and grand-daughter of John III, King of Poland, is portrayed half-length, at a three-quarter angle, head facing the viewer, in a feigned oval. She is wearing an elaborate dress made of a rich gold fabric with an ermine-trimmed décolletage, lace cuffs, a headdress with a feather and precious stones. This is a finely executed copy of a portrait by Antonio David, the official painter of the exiled Jacobite court. Drevet later engraved this portrait. This original may date from around 1719, when the sitter married James VIII (the Old Pretender) in Italy. | Subjects: | portrait (Maria Clementina Sobieska) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: David, Antonio (Italian painter, active 1684) Æ Attributed to circle of | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8672... | Go to resource |
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