拍品 54
54
THE PROPERTY OF A FRENCH NOBLEMAN
CIRCLE OF PIERRE PASQUIER, CIRCA 1765

Louis XVI and his parents: the young boy facing left in silver-figured pink coat with frilled white lace jabot, decorated with the red sash of the Royal French Military Order of Saint-Louis and the breast star and blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, short powdered wig with black wig-bag; his father facing right in red coat with frilled white lace jabot, decorated with the blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, short powdered wig with black wig-bag; his mother facing left in fur-trimmed pink dress with matching bow choker and white lace on her décolleté, white lace, black feather and rose in her short powdered curled hair

细节
CIRCLE OF PIERRE PASQUIER, CIRCA 1765
Louis XVI and his parents: the young boy facing left in silver-figured pink coat with frilled white lace jabot, decorated with the red sash of the Royal French Military Order of Saint-Louis and the breast star and blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, short powdered wig with black wig-bag; his father facing right in red coat with frilled white lace jabot, decorated with the blue moiré sash of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, short powdered wig with black wig-bag; his mother facing left in fur-trimmed pink dress with matching bow choker and white lace on her décolleté, white lace, black feather and rose in her short powdered curled hair
enamel on copper
ovals, 1 in. (25 mm.) high each, gilt-metal mounts set on a panel within a gilt plaster and wood frame with pierced foliate border
来源
Presented by King Louis XVI of France to the Marquis ***, one of the former three sous-gouverneurs des Enfants de France in charge of the education of the Royal Princes, the future Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII.
Thence by family descent to the present owner.

拍品专文

Louis (1729-1765), the only surviving legitimate son of King Louis XV of France and his wife Maria Leszczynska, married his first cousin the Infanta Maria Teresa, second daughter of King Philip V of Spain, in 1745. After the death of his wife, he remarried Maria Josepha of Saxony (1731-1767), daughter of King Augustus II of Poland (see lot 46), in 1747. Among the numerous children from this marriage were the Duke of Burgundy who died at the age of 10, Louis-Auguste Duke of Berry at birth and later King Louis XVI (1755-1793), depicted on the third miniature in the present lot, the future Kings Louis XVIII and Charles X of France, Clotilde Queen of Sardinia and the ill-fated Madame Elisabeth.