Lot 43
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Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, in low-cut lilac-coloured dress with bow at corsage, wearing a lace cap in her high-piled powdered hair; a girl called Queen Claude, in grey dress, wearing an enamelled gold chain and a jewelled cap with falling veil; Philippe de Champaigne, in brown cloak and lawn collar, long hair; and Cardinal de Bourbon, facing right in armour and ruff, en grisaille

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Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, in low-cut lilac-coloured dress with bow at corsage, wearing a lace cap in her high-piled powdered hair; a girl called Queen Claude, in grey dress, wearing an enamelled gold chain and a jewelled cap with falling veil; Philippe de Champaigne, in brown cloak and lawn collar, long hair; and Cardinal de Bourbon, facing right in armour and ruff, en grisaille
one signed with with monogram, all inscribed on obverse, gilt-metal frames with ribbon surmounts
ovals, 21/8 in. ( 54 mm.) to 23/8 in. (60 mm.) high (4)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1755-93) was the fourth daughter of the Empress Maria Theresia and the Emperor Francis I. She married the Dauphin, afterwards Louis XVI in 1770. The miseries of France became identified with her extravagance. She died by the guillotine.

Philippe de Champaigne (1602-74) was a French painter of religious subjects and portraits and was appointed painter to Marie de'Medici and was patronized by Louis XIII.

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