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MIGUEL JACINTO MELÉNDEZ Oviedo 1679 - Madrid 1734 Portrait of Queen Maria Luisa Gabriela of Savoy Oil on canvas size 90 x 60.5 cm This unpublished portrait of Queen Maria Luisa Gabriela of Savoy is an interesting contribution to the pictorial corpus of the first chamber painter of Philip V Miguel Jacinto Meléndez. Of the set of portraits that are conserved of the first wife of Felipe V the one that occupies us can be related to a version located in a private collection in Madrid. Unlike the latter, the portrait shows a beautiful bouquet of flowers and an elegant dress in keeping with her royal status. Particularly beautiful is the pastel coloring of the work that characterizes Meléndez's best portraits. We thank Doña Elena Santiago Páez for her help in cataloguing this work.