/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7121944
Unfortunately, it's literally "they changed the nameplate at Schönbrunn palace" but there aren't any news articles that I know of and since the palace doesn't allow interior photographs for most people, there isn't a photo to share!

Most websites still list it as a portrait of Marie Antoinette and there are even new/fresh merchandise (postcards, documentaries) that use it as her portrait. Then again, I think Wikimedia still lists that portrait of her French aunt Madame Sophie as Marie Antoinette, when that was reidentified in 2007 or 2008...

Here's a comparison of the portrait with a portrait of Maria Josepha by Martin van Meytens, which is located at Innsbruck. There's also a smaller portrait at Caserte that almost perfectly matches the "young Marie Antoinette" portrait as well.

Of course, there are people that disagree with the reidentification. There's evidence both for and against it... there are engravings of Maria Josepha that almost perfectly match the portrait, but there are engravings of Marie Antoinette that look very similar, too. Maria Theresa had the tendency to have matching portraits made of her daughters, which conflates the issue.

I think there was a German blog post about the issue, I'll see if I can dig it up for you!