Antoine MATHIEU (1631-1673), after.
Portrait of Prince Philippe of France, Monsieur, Duke of Orléans (1640-1701), brother of Louis XIV.
Oil on canvas (enlarged, stains).
Numbered lower left “206 5°”.
Inscription on the reverse of the canvas: “Philippe de France, Duke of Orléans (Monsieur) son of Louis XIII & Anne of Austria, born September 21, 1640, married I, March 31, 1661, to Henriette Anne of England; II on November 21, 1671 to Elisabeth Charlotte of Bavaria; died June 9, 1701.”
Stamps on the reverse of the canvas: LPO under crown of Prince of the Blood, EU under royal crown, number 1925°.
Fire mark on the frame: LPO under crown of Prince of the Blood, and twice 206 5° in pencil.
H. 66 x L. 54.5 cm.
Rectangular wooden frame in imitation of tortoiseshell with perspective checkerboards in the lower part. Posterior frame.
H. 80.5 x L. 70 cm.
Provenance
- Collection of Prince Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans then King of The French, at the Château d’Eu.
- French private collection.
Literature
Quoted in “Le château d’Eu, historical notices”, Jean Vatout, 1836, volume 3, n° 206 5° (as after Pierre Mignard).
Related work
Antoine Mathieu, Portrait of Prince Philippe of France, Monsieur, Duke of Orléans (1640-1701), preserved at the Museum of the History of France, Château de Versailles, inv. MV6039.
€6,000/8,000
French school from the end of 17th - beginning of 18th century.
Portrait of Marie Marguerite de Cossé-Brissac, Duchess of Villeroy (1648-1708).
Oil on canvas (old relining).
Numbered at the top left “261”.
Inscription on the reverse of the canvas: “Marie Marguerite de Cossé, Duchess of Villeroy, daughter and heiress of Louis de Cossé, Duke of Brissac, peer of France, and Catherine de Gondy, lady of Beaupréau. Born in 1648, married on March 28, 1662 to François de Neufville Fifth, Duke of Villeroy, peer and marshal of France, knight of the king's orders, second son of Nicolas de Neufville the first, duc de Villeroy, peer and marshal of France , and Madeleine de Créquy. Died October 20, 1708.”
Stamps on the reverse of the canvas: 205
Fire mark on the frame: (L)PO under crown of Prince of the Blood and 261 in pencil and repeated on a label.
H. 54 x L. 65 cm.
Posterior rectangular wooden frame in imitation of tortoiseshell with perspective checkerboards in the lower part.
H. 80.8 x L. 75.3 cm.
Provenance
- Collection of Prince Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans then King of The French, at the Château d’Eu.
- French private collection.
Literature
Quoted in “The castle of Eu, historical notices”, Jean Vatout, 1836, volume 2, n° 261.
Related work
Marie Marguerite de Cossé-Brissac, by Auguste de Creuse (1806-1839), national museum of the Palace of Versailles, inv. MV3557, copy “from an original formerly at the Château d’Eu (Our Portrait), commissioned by Louis-Philippe for the historical museum of Versailles in 1839”.
€4,000/6,000
