Posted to the Madame Guillotine blog on 29 May 2010.
Hortense Mancini wears a seductive floral array with her wide hurluberlu coiffure in this miniature portrait.
Keywords: Hortense Mancini, Mancini family, de La Porte family, Duchess, mistress, Louis XIV, French, long hurluberlu coiffure, floral headdress, straight neckline, modesty piece-bertha, lace, necklace, earrings