New research finds defining childhood portrait of Marie Antoinette is really her sister

Maria Simulescu

The most famous portrait of Marie Antoinette as a child is really of her sister, according to new research. Catriona Seth , Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow of All Souls College at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages made the discovery while researching a book and working with the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (MAH) in Geneva. Jean-Étienne Liotard, L'Archiduchesse Marie-Antoinette d'Autriche, future Reine de France, à l'âge de 7 ans (1762) The

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