1730 Benigna von Biron by Franz Lippold (Kuskovo museum - Moskva Russia)

Her Wikipedia article is here.

From Wikimedia; veiling reflection on right side suppressed with Photoshop by gogm.

Benigna wears an early 1700s dress with a criss-cross bodice and notched sleeves and a red order sash reflecting her role as Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Courland, Anna, who became Tsaritsa in 1730.

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