The painting was previously identified with Caterina Farnese (1637-1684), daughter of Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Margherita de' Medici. She became nun in 1662 as Teresa Margherita dell’Incarnazione. It's now recognised in agreement as a portrait of her sister Maria Maddalena (1638-1693): the face is very similar to a portrait of the princess engraved by Vort, and it has been observed the popularity of the portrait in guise of the eponymous saint of the sitter in that period.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Frans_Denys" class="extiw" title="w:en:Frans Denys"><span title="Flemish painter (1610-1670)">Frans Denys</span></a>
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circa 1662 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1662-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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