Workshop of François Clouet (French, ca. 1516-1572)

Portrait of Margaret of France (1723-1574), Duchess of Berry, later Savoia, half-length, in a gold-embroidered and jewelled black dress, the sleeves slashed to reveal a white undershirt

Details

Workshop of François Clouet (French, ca. 1516-1572)
Portrait of Margaret of France (1723-1574), Duchess of Berry, later Savoia, half-length, in a gold-embroidered and jewelled black dress, the sleeves slashed to reveal a white undershirt
oil on panel
12¾ x 9½ in. (32.5 x 24 cm.)
in a specimen marble and penwork tabernacle frame with alabaster columns

Literature

The present painting closely resembles a drawing of the sitter by Clouet in the Musée Condé, Chantilly, France (see R. de Broglie, Les Clouet de Chantilly, Catalogue Illustré, Paris, 1971, p. 323, fig. 311).

Sale room notice

This lot is withdrawn from the sale.

Lot Essay

Margaret of France was daughter of Francis I (1494-1547), King of France 1515-1547 and his first wife, Claude, Duchess of Brittany. While at court, she became a close confidant of Catherine de Medici. At the age of 36 she married Emmanuel Filiberto di Savoia (1528-1580) Prince of Piedmont and Duke of Savoia 1553-1580.

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