Lot Essay
Louis XV (1710-1774) became King of France and of Navarre at the age of five. On his thirteenth birthday he attained legal majority and ruled until his death.
Portrait of King Louis XV, full-length, wearing half armour and the order of the Saint-Esprit, resting a commander's baton on a table with a crown, sceptre and plumed helmet, on a draped terrace
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Follower of Louis-Michel van Loo
Portrait of King Louis XV, full-length, wearing half armour and the order of the Saint-Esprit, resting a commander's baton on a table with a crown, sceptre and plumed helmet, on a draped terrace
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 23¼ in. (73.3 x 59.2 cm.)
Portrait of King Louis XV, full-length, wearing half armour and the order of the Saint-Esprit, resting a commander's baton on a table with a crown, sceptre and plumed helmet, on a draped terrace
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 23¼ in. (73.3 x 59.2 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Bt. (1856-1912), and by descent to
Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Bt. (1888-1939), 25 Park Lane, London, where recorded in the bedroom in 1939, and by inheritance to his sister
Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894-1989), Houghton Hall, Norfolk, and by descent; [Works of Art from Houghton], Christie's, London, 8 December 1994, lot 145.
Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Bt. (1888-1939), 25 Park Lane, London, where recorded in the bedroom in 1939, and by inheritance to his sister
Sybil, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894-1989), Houghton Hall, Norfolk, and by descent; [Works of Art from Houghton], Christie's, London, 8 December 1994, lot 145.
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