This miniature may be copied from a now-lost portrait of Marie-Antoinette by Anne Vallayer-Coster, who was one of the queen's favorite artists. Vallayer-Coster was celebrated for her still lifes, but she received several important portrait commissions from the royal family, perhaps due to the favor shown her by Marie-Antoinette. However, Vallayer-Coster's floral still-life miniatures are done with an exquisite technique that is far superior to that found in this portrait.
<bdi>Attributed to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Anne_Vallayer-Coster" class="extiw" title="w:en:Anne Vallayer-Coster"><span title="French painter (1744-1818)">Anne Vallayer-Coster</span></a>
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