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Portrait de mesdames, filles de Louis XV, en costumes travestis
1758
RF 4319, Recto
Département des Arts graphiques
Inventory number
RF 4319, Recto
Handwritten inventory reference:
vol.20, p.214Collection
Artist/maker / School / Artistic centre
Description
Object name/Title
Portrait de mesdames, filles de Louis XV, en costumes travestis
Description/Features
Commentaire :
Nathalie Lemoine-Bouchard, Les peintres en miniature actifs en France, 1650-1850, Les éditions de l'Amateur, 2008, p. 535-536, cité p. 536'A side-by-side comparison of the attached images (Christie's London, 03/12/2008, n°210) of heads of the sitter in the Nattier et of the central figure in the Louvre miniature confirms that they are related works: virtually the same style of the coiffure et hair adornment, white ribbon, etc. The comparison also suggests that it is the same depicted person. Since the sitter in the Nattier is not Louis XV's daughter, consequently, the Louvre miniature is not a portrait of Mesdames de France (in the Paris 1906 exh. cat entry, cat. no. 479, as « [...] au milieu, Mme Louise en Terpsichore [...] » (p. 84).' By Ólafur Thorvaldsson
Physical characteristics
Dimensions
H. 0,056 m ; L. 0,078 m
Materials and techniques
Miniature sur parchemin. Signée et datée en bas, à droite : 'Welper f. / 1758'.
Shape
ovale
Places and dates
Date
1758
History
Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee
Dernière provenance : Schlichting, Basile, baron de
Acquisition details
legs
Acquisition date
1909
Location of object
Current location
Réserve des miniatures, armoire 7
L'œuvre est visible sur rendez-vous en salle de consultation des Arts graphiques
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Last updated on 11.07.2024
The contents of this entry do not necessarily take account of the latest data.
The contents of this entry do not necessarily take account of the latest data.
Full entry on the collection website of the Department of Prints and Drawings:
http://arts-graphiques.louvre.fr/detail/oeuvres/1/17925-Portrait-de-mesdames-filles-de-Louis-XV-en-costumes-travestis