According to BBC Oxford, a portrait of Marie-Antoinette by Jean-Etienne Liotard in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Geneva, is now thought to show her older sister Maria Carolina (article by Ethan Gudge, dated 12.10.2025).
The detective on the case is Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at Oxford, who is currently writing a book on M.-A. portraits.
(Was BBC Oxford a bit short of local news that day??)
Other resources by Professor Seth, available on the internet:
"IN OUR TIME":
In Our Time - Marie Antoinette - BBC Sounds Broadcast 08.11. 2018,
VIDEO LECTURES:
Catriona Seth, 'La Reine se meurt, la Reine est morte' - YouTube [Plenary lecture, Society for French Studies, 64th Annual Conference, University of Stirling 01.07.2024].
Revealing Marie-Antoinette - YouTube [With Helen Jacobsen, curator at the Wallace Collection; 10.03.2021]
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