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