Circle of Alexis Simon Belle (1674-1734)
Circle of Alexis Simon Belle (1674-1734)

Portrait of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737), seated three quarter length, wearing a gold embroidered blue costume with lace chemise and red bow, white gloves and wig, holding a feathered hat in his left hand

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Circle of Alexis Simon Belle (1674-1734)
Portrait of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (1678-1737), seated three quarter length, wearing a gold embroidered blue costume with lace chemise and red bow, white gloves and wig, holding a feathered hat in his left hand
with inscription LOUIS ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON/Comte de Toulouse, Son of Louis XIV./Madame de Montespan. by Largilliëre/Born 1678-Died 1737. lower right
oil on canvas
122.2 x 94.3 cm
Provenance
The fifth Duke of Portland.
A. Bentinck; His Sale, Christie's Londen, 17 December 1981, lot 45, ill. (as Largillière).
Literature
A. McKay, Harcourt House list, 1880, no.6.
The Harcourt House Inventory, 1880, no.436.
The Welbeck Catalogue, 1936, no.548.

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