This miniature portrait is unsigned. It is either by, or is a copy of a miniature by, Heinrich Friedrich Fuger (1751-1818). The sitter is Madame Royale, Marie Therese Charlotte (1778-1851), daughter of Marie Antoinette. She was the only member of the immediate French Royal family to survive the revolution after her parents were executed. She later became Duchess d'Angouleme. The portrait shows her just after she had been released from France and reached Austria.
For more about her see Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The von Sachsen inventory number is 17865. 280
The miniature was originally offered at William Doyle Auctions on 24 January 2001 as below.
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