Lot 42
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HENRIETTE PICHON (FL. C. 1700)
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HENRIETTE PICHON (FL. C. 1700)

Lieselotte von der Pfalz (1652-1722), in pale blue silk dress with gold-embroidered border and fastened with jewelled clasps, white lace underdress, ermine-lined blue cloak embroidered with the Bourbon fleur-de-lys, drop pearl earring, her powdered curling hair upswept

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HENRIETTE PICHON (FL. C. 1700)
Lieselotte von der Pfalz (1652-1722), in pale blue silk dress with gold-embroidered border and fastened with jewelled clasps, white lace underdress, ermine-lined blue cloak embroidered with the Bourbon fleur-de-lys, drop pearl earring, her powdered curling hair upswept
signed and dated on the reverse 'Fait par [H]enriette pichon an. 1699 septe[mbre]'
on vellum laid down on copper
oval, 2 11/16 in. (67 mm.) high, stained turned bone frame
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Lot Essay

Palatine Princess Charlotte-Elisabeth of Bavaria, called La Palatine, second wife of the Duke of Orleans and sister-in-law of King Louis XIV, was the mother of the Régent. In her very frank and descriptive correspondence, she reveals herself as an intelligent and perspicacious witness of the court of the Sun King.

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