PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XV (1710-1774) ON HORSEBACK IN FRONT OF THE CHÂTEAU DE LA MUETTE

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ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-BAPTISTE MARTIN II (D. 1741 PARIS)
PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XV (1710-1774) ON HORSEBACK IN FRONT OF THE CHÂTEAU DE LA MUETTE
oil on canvas
23 x 22 3/8 in. (58.4 x 56.8 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 5-6 December 1991, lot 475.
Karl Lagerfeld, sold Christie's New York, 23 May 2000, lot 78.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Alastair Laing (private communication) for suggesting a possible attribution to Jean-Baptiste Martin fils and identifying the subject as King Louis XV after his first mounting on a horse at the royal Château de La Muette on 8 May 1720. Another version of this composition, formerly in the collection of Paul Mellon, was sold at Sotheby's London, 18 November 1981, lot 66, where attributed to Johann Georg Hamilton.

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