Both of these portraits were painted by Eugène Delacroix, in 1826 and in 1827…
Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school...
Throughout his career as a painter, he was protected by king Louis-Philippe...
Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily was a French queen by marriage to Louis Philippe I, King of the French...
While in exile, Maria Amalia encountered her future husband, Louis Philippe d'Orléans, also forced from his home in France due to political complications of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon...
The two were married in 1809, three years after they met in Italy, whereupon Marie-Amelie became Duchess of Orléans...
The ceremony was celebrated in Palermo November 25, 1809...
The marriage was considered controversial, because she was the niece of Marie Antoinette, while he was the son of a man who was considered to have played a part in the execution of her aunt...
Her mother was skeptical to the match for the same reason, but she had given her consent after he had convinced her that he was determined to compensate for the mistakes of his father, and after having agreed to answer all her questions regarding his father...
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