ROSALBA GIOVANNA CARRIERA (VENICE 1675-VENICE 1757)
Françoise-Marie, Duchesse d'Orléans (1677-1749), as Amphitrite
1697 - 1757RCIN 420360
Rosalba Carriera was inspired to use mythological subjects on this small scale by the practice of decorating ivory snuff-box lids in her native Venice.
Possibly presented to Queen Victoria in 1843 or 1844