Circle of Henri Toutin (French, 1614-1683) Louis XIV of Bourbon (1638-1715), King of France (1643-1715), as a child, wearing gold tunic, slashed to reveal white, white lawn collar with tassels, and blue sash of the Order of Saint-Esprit, his fair hair worn loose to his shoulders
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Circle of Henri Toutin (French, 1614-1683)
Louis XIV of Bourbon (1638-1715), King of France (1643-1715), as a child, wearing gold tunic, slashed to reveal white, white lawn collar with tassels, and blue sash of the Order of Saint-Esprit, his fair hair worn loose to his shoulders.
Enamel, gilt-metal frame with paste border.
Circular, 29mm (1 1/8in) dia.
Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The present lot compares closely with a larger portrait of the young Prince in the Royal Collection. See Graham Reynolds, The Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, 1999, p.255, pl.350. The portraits derive from a portrait by Henri Testelin of 1648 at Versailles.

    For biographical notes, see lot 33.

Category: Fine Art / Portrait Miniatures

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