Presumed portrait of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Maria_Caterina_Farnese" class="extiw" title="w:en:Maria Caterina Farnese"><span title="Duchess of Modena and Reggio">Maria Caterina Farnese</span></a> (1615-1646) <br>
"Represented in an extreme splendor, the model of our painting could be Marie Farnese, who married François I in 1638. Hence, the comparison of this work and other portraits of the young woman, such as the monumental <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francesco_I_d%27Este,_Duke_of_Modena,_his_wife_Maria_Farnese,_and_their_children_Isabella_and_Alfonso_by_Justus_Sustermans.jpg" title="File:Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, his wife Maria Farnese, and their children Isabella and Alfonso by Justus Sustermans.jpg">Portrait of the d’Este Family</a>, previously attributed to Justus Sustermans and finally rendered to Nicolas Regnier (Galerie Estensi, Modena) or the one executed by Matteo Loves (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matteo_Loves_1610-1662_-_Maria_Farnese_-_Mus%C3%A9e_d%27Art_et_d%27Histoire,_Geneva.jpg" title="File:Matteo Loves 1610-1662 - Maria Farnese - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva.jpg">Portrait of Marie Farnese</a> now in the Art and History Museum, Geneva), seems to confirm this assumption." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.tajan.com/auction-lot/nicolas-regnier-maubeuge-ca-1588-venise-1657-1448_E254F34B18">[1]</a>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Nicolas_R%C3%A9gnier" class="extiw" title="w:en:Nicolas Régnier"><span title="Flemish painter, art dealer and art collector (c.1588-1667)">Nicolas Régnier</span></a>
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