A FRENCH CUIR BOULLI PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XIV IN A GILTWOOD FRAME
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A FRENCH CUIR BOULLI PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XIV IN A GILTWOOD FRAME

18TH CENTURY, AFTER FRANCOIS GIRARDON, THE ASSOCIATED FRAME LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH CUIR BOULLI PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XIV IN A GILTWOOD FRAME
18TH CENTURY, AFTER FRANCOIS GIRARDON, THE ASSOCIATED FRAME LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Depicting Louis XIV in profile, on a four plank panel within a giltwood octagonal frame, with old paper label to the reverse
31½ x 27½ in. (80 x 70 cm)
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This repoussé leather portrait probably derives from the circular medallion by François Girardon (1628-1715) that featured amongst the bas-relief composition presented by the sculptor to his native city Troyes in 1687. Placed above a mantelpiece in the hotel de Ville, Troyes, in 1690, the bas-relief remains in situ to this day.

Girardon's celebrated portrait medallion of Louis XIV inspired several contemporary and slightly later versions, including the oval example in marble in the Basilica Saint-Denis, Paris, which was acquired by Alexandre Lenoir in the early 19th Century for the musée des Monuments Français and subsequently incorporated in the cenotaph to Louis XIV erected in 1843. A further related medallion, executed in repoussé leather, is in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Bordeaux. A further example was sold Christie's, New York, 18 October 2002, lot 568 for $28,680.

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