Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma
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Maria Amalia was duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla by marriage to Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma. She was born an archduchess of Austria as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.
Maria Amalia, probably by Martin van Meytens; 1760s
Maria Amalia and her husband, Ferdinand I
Maria Amalia as duchess of Parma on a portrait by Alexander Roslin
Maria Amalia as Diana on Carlo Angelo dal Verme's portrait, currently displayed at the Galleria nazionale di Parma
Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma
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Ferdinand I was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla from his father's death on 18 July 1765 until he ceded the duchy to France by the Treaty of Aranjuez on 20 March 1801. He was a member of the Spanish House of Bourbon.
Portrait by Johan Zoffany, 1779
A portrait of Ferdinand (c. 1765-1769). The portrait is formally attributed to Giuseppe Baldrighi, however, it was painted by Pietro Melchiorre Ferrari