1682 (after) María Josefa von Harrach, German noblewoman who was a menina (Lady-in-waiting) to Maria Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain by ? (Hradek Nechanic, Czech Republic)

Maria Josepha accompanied her husband, Ferdinand Bonaventura I Graf Harrach, as the Austrian Habsburg ambassador to Spain in the waning days of the Spanish Habsburgs. Her genealogical sketch is here. The English-language Wikipedia article about the von Harrach family is here.

From Pinterest search. I attempted to correct for the angle the photo was probably taken at, but could not fully correct the distortion because the bottom of the photo needed cropping (as did the top) that truncated the bottom of her bodice and right sleeve.

1682 (after) María Josefa von Harrach, German noblewoman who was a menina (Lady-in-waiting) to Maria Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain by ? (Hradek Nechanic, Czech Republic) angle corrected

Maria Josefa wears a beautiful saya with hair drooped to one side, long wavy tresses, and large jewels in this portrait. Her dress has a residual ruff, the white ruched band above her bertha.

Keywords:  Maria Josepha von Harrach, Maria Josfa von Harrach, Josepha von Harrach zu Rohrau, Gräfin Josepha von Harrach zu Rohrau, von Harrach zu Rohrau family, von Küenburg family, Countess, Spanish, Lady-in-Waiting, Queen Maria-Anna of Spain, long straight coiffure, hair jewelry, ribbon headdress, earrings, off shoulder straight neckline, neckline ruff, lace bertha, brooch, full upper sleeves, lace forward-back flared cuffs, saya

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