PORTRAIT OF KIND LOUIS XVI, MINIATURE CIRCA 1785, UN A RICH ORMOLU 19th CENTURY FRAME WITH FLEUR-DE-LYS

TECHNIQUE: Oil painting on canvas

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PORTRAIT SIZE: 7cm

FRAME SIZE: 14x14cm

DESCRIPTION :

Circular miniature painted with oil on canvas, portrait of King Louis XVI in bust of left profile, in blue jacket wearing his decorations among which the order of the Holy Spirit, under his left hand a three-cornered hat.

A miniature in the collection Théodore Dablin (1781-1861) showed a profile of the king  more or less similar with the inscription " Anno AEtat. / 35 " (" at the age of 35 "). This allows to date this miniature of the years 1784-1785, dte confirmed by the pictorial technique .


CONDITION: Very good original condition

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PRICE: 3700€