I found an engraving after a painting of Johan Mari Henri ten Kate online. It was probably painted after the photo Janet posted about, but has a slightly different perspective and the lady in question is not partially covered by the gentleman to her right. This was probably an intervention by the painter and her appearance might not be realistic at all, but she seems to be rather short and since Queen Emma's lace veil was said to represent a widow's cap maybe the same was true for this lady.
From her appearance in the engraving I was wondering if she might be Queen Emma's sister Pauline, Princess Bentheim-Steinfurt, but Pauline wasn't widowed at that time and neither of the gentlemen next to her looks remotely like the Prince of Bentheim-Steinfurt.
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