French School, circa 1700

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

細節

French School, circa 1700

The Duchesse de Bourgogne reclining on a Bed, attended by Cupid and Putti

with inscription 'Minature of La Duchesse De Bourgogne Petitot Landscape by Largelliere' on the backing; bodycolor, on vellum
9¼ x 12½in. (237 x 316mm.)

來源

Captain Bertram Currie, Dingley Hall, Market Harborough; Christie's, 27 March 1953, lot 28 (as J. Petitot, 51 gns to Brice).

拍品專文

Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie married the Duc de Bourgogne, King Louis XIV's grandson, in 1697. The Duc and Duchesse de Bourgogne died within six days of each other in 1711 from an attack of smallpox, leaving the elderly King with only one great-grandson, the future King Louis XV. The Duchesse had been brought up at the French court and was a favourite of the King, who was deeply affected by her death.