Views amateur, do not judge strictly, professionals: shy:.
As for Anna Ioannovna strongly doubt: the lady's eyes are dark, and AI was, according to contemporaries, blue-eyed. Yes, and features the lady is very expressive: a large nose, sharply-defined chin, and on the other portraits AI such sharp features (though all subjective).
AI ascended the Russian throne, 37-years old, and the lady in the portrait is clearly younger, but she obviously more than 17 years. If we accept the fact that this AI, it turns out that the portrait is written in the period from 1710 to 1730-th, ie, when she was Duchess of Courland.
Lace on clothing ladies expensive, but from the jewelry - just buckles, no earrings, no, nor even a necklace or bracelets. This is possible in principle, for the Duchess of Courland, as is known, specific forms of wealth did not have.
It turns out that if it is AI, then look for the artist to the court of the Duchess of Courland.
And what says the auction house about the provenance?
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