Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as the Duchess of Phalaris, seated, three-quarter-length, in a red and gold silk dress, as Flora

细节

Nicolas de Largillière (Paris 1656-1746)
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as the Duchess of Phalaris, seated, three-quarter-length, in a red and gold silk dress, as Flora
oil on canvas
54½ x 41¾ in. (138.5 x 106.1 cm.)

来源

with Cailleux, Paris.
The Comtesse de Leusse, Paris, until 1966; sale, Palais Galliéra, Paris, 10 June 1966, lot 20.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 7 July 1989, lot 78.

出版

To be included in forthcoming Catalogue raisonné de l'Oeuvre de Nicolas de Largillière by Dr. Dominique Brême.

展览

London, Heim Gallery, French Paintings and Sculpture of the 17th and 18th Century, 6 June-31 August, no. 12.

注意事项

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拍品专文

The painting was sold in Paris in 1966 as the Portrait of the Duchesse de Phalaris, one of the several mistresses of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Regent from 1715 to 1723. In this portrait Largillière displays his skills as a painter of portraits and sumptuous drapery, as well as flowers.