This portrait is not shown on the Oronoz site's collection of María Cristina images, suggesting it is not in Spain.
From the lost gallery's photostream on flickr. A posting of another version of this portrait in pinterest.com/annesaisuwan/elegant-portraits/ dates this to 1832.
Queen Regent María Cristina's coiffure has an Apollo knot fenced in by a small-diameter tall tiara. Her dress has small epaulettes over the big upper puffed sleeves of the era.
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