Louis-Philippe d'Orléans (1773-1850), King of the French in black coat and waistcoat, curling dark hair and sideburns

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ATTRIBUTED TO FRÉDÉRIC MILLET, CIRCA 1830
Louis-Philippe d'Orléans (1773-1850), King of the French in black coat and waistcoat, curling dark hair and sideburns
2 15/16 in. (74 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount within wooden frame

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 15 November 1988, lot 405.

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Lot Essay

Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, son of the beheaded 'Philippe-Egalité' and his wife, married Princess Marie-Amélie of Bourbon-Naples in 1809. He became King of the French in 1830 after the abdication of King Charles X and reigned until the Revolution of 1848. He died at Claremont, formerly the house of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold.

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