# Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France

- By: Jean-Etienne Liotard (Genève, 1702–1789)
- Date: 1749
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 113.6 cm x width 88.8 cm x thickness 6.3 cm
- Credit line: Bequeathed by Miss Marie-Anne Liotard, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-238--fe7c53a10961fac090787af45d5e633b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/cmAEt/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

According to Liotard, the dauphine was so impressed by Liotard’s pastels, among them La Liseuse, that Liotard was invited to make portraits of almost the entire French royal family. This example, which Liotard kept for himself, is one of the most charming in its simple presentation of the newlywed young princess.