Lot Essay
Lairesse painted this subject on at least two other occasions, in the Staatliches Museum, Schwerin, Inv. no. 341; and in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Inv. no. 241 (see A. Roy, Gérard de Lairesse, 1992, pp. 250-1, no. P71, illustrated; and pp. 264-5, no. P3, illustrated).