Self-portrait, Katarina Ivanovic, circa 1830s. |
Marie-Anne de Châteauneuf - mademoiselle Duclos - actress, in the role of Ariane, by Nicolas de Largillière, circa 1712. |
Mary Stuart, the Princess Royal, studio of Gerrit van Honthorst, circa 1647. |
Lavinia Fenton, actress, by George Knapton (?), circa 1739. |
Lady Anne Montagu, by Daniël Mijtens, 1626. |
Mrs. Thomas Edwards Freeman, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, circa 1778. |
Louise Françoise, duchesse de Bourbon, "mademoiselle de Nantes", by François de Troy, circa 1688-93. |
Augusta, Princess of Wales, by Jean-Baptiste van Loo, 1742. |
Mademoiselle Louise Jacquet, actress, by Jean-Étienne Liotard, circa 1748-52. |
Portrait of a Woman, by Juan Carreño de Miranda, circa 1650-70. |
Portrait of a Woman (Balia dei Medici?), by Paris Bordone, circa 1545. |
Queen Isabel II of Spain, unknown painter, 1858. |
Princess Margarita Ivanovna Dolgorukaya, by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1811. |
Portrait of a Lady, by Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux, circa late 1780s. |
Oh LORDY how I would love to know their stories. I betcha they could reveal all sorts of dishy stuff about the movers and shakers. Thanks for this, Stephen!
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