'Monsieur', Philippe, duc d'Orléans (1640-1701) in gilt-studded armour decorated with the fleur-de-lys, lace cravat, wearing the blue sash of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, full-bottomed curling wig

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SAMUEL BERNARD (FRENCH, 1615-1687)
'Monsieur', Philippe, duc d'Orléans (1640-1701) in gilt-studded armour decorated with the fleur-de-lys, lace cravat, wearing the blue sash of the Royal French Order of the Holy Ghost, full-bottomed curling wig
on vellum
oval, 1 1/16 in. (27 mm.) high, white metal frame with simulated pearl surround

Provenance

Albert Jaffé, Hamburg; part II, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 23-24 October 1912, lot 45 (then mounted on a Louis XV gold box, sitter unidentified).

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Lot Essay

'Monsieur' was the younger brother of King Louis XIV (see lot 106). He was first married to King Charles I's sister, Henrietta, who died mysteriously, and secondly to Lieselotte von der Pfalz, the 'Palatine'. Despite his notorious preference of male company, he became the father of the 'Régent'.

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