# Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Holy Roman Empress

- By: Jean-Etienne Liotard (Genève, 1702–1789)
- Date: 1747
- Medium: copper (metal), email
- Classification: miniature (painting)
- Dimensions: height 62 cm x width 51 cm
- Credit line: Bequeathed by Miss Marie-Anne Liotard, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-239--1d0780b62fbc334ae6d377acd308cd26)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/BhPAM/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)

Liotard made this enamel during a visit to Lyon, basing it on one of several portraits of the sovereign he had earlier done in Vienna. He was particularly proud of the ‘brilliance’ of the hard gem-like surface and colouring. It is one of the largest enamel paintings ever made, and the technique gave Liotard some difficulty: an inscription on the back records that this was the ‘second attempt.’