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A rare double-sided gold enamel of Ann of Austria (1601-1666) and her first son, the future King Louis XIV (1638-1715) as a young boy, he facing left in gold-bordered red embroidered white doublet with slashed sleeves, white shirt with large lace collar and tassel, wearing the blue moiré silk sash and breast star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost; and his mother, facing right in embroidered black dress with large white collar and lace cuffs, wearing a long black veil in her curled brown hair
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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1645/50
A rare double-sided gold enamel of Ann of Austria (1601-1666) and her first son, the future King Louis XIV (1638-1715) as a young boy, he facing left in gold-bordered red embroidered white doublet with slashed sleeves, white shirt with large lace collar and tassel, wearing the blue moiré silk sash and breast star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost; and his mother, facing right in embroidered black dress with large white collar and lace cuffs, wearing a long black veil in her curled brown hair
enamel on gold
oval, 15/16 in. (24 mm.) high
A rare double-sided gold enamel of Ann of Austria (1601-1666) and her first son, the future King Louis XIV (1638-1715) as a young boy, he facing left in gold-bordered red embroidered white doublet with slashed sleeves, white shirt with large lace collar and tassel, wearing the blue moiré silk sash and breast star of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost; and his mother, facing right in embroidered black dress with large white collar and lace cuffs, wearing a long black veil in her curled brown hair
enamel on gold
oval, 15/16 in. (24 mm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.