File:Louis-XI.jpg

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Louis XI

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English: Profile portrait of Louis XI, king of France (1423-1483), wearing the collar of the order of Saint-Michel.

Français : Portrait de profil de Louis XI, roi de France (1423-1483), portant le collier de l'ordre de Saint-Michel.

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Artist
Jacob de Litemont (d. 1475?) (attributed to)
Title
English: Profile portrait of Louis XI, king of France (1423-1483), wearing the collar of the order of Saint-Michel.
Français : Portrait de profil de Louis XI, roi de France (1423-1483), portant le collier de l'ordre de Saint-Michel.
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Date circa 1470
date QS:P571,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 36.5 cm (14.3 in); width: 22.2 cm (8.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,36.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,22.2U174728
Object history

Provenance:

  • Said to have been presented by Louis XI (the sitter) to his maître d'hôtel, Rigauld d'Aurel (or Aureille), Seigneur and Baron de Villeneuve (1455-1517), Château de Villeneuve-Lembron (Puy de-Dôme), Auvergne;
  • By descent to his son, Maximilien d'Aureille (d. 1572);
  • By descent to N*** d'Aureille and sold along with the Château de Villeneuve-Lembron to
  • Isaac Dufour (d. 1655), treasurer of France;
  • By descent to his son Lieutenant-General David Dufour (d. c. 1716);
  • By descent to his son Jean Dufour (d. 1753);
  • By descent to his son Jean-François Dufour de Villeneuve (d. 1781);
  • By descent to his son Jean-Baptiste Claude Dufour de Villeneuve who dies without issue November 1797;
  • By descent to his sister Catherine-Elisabeth Dufour de Villeneuve (d. 1814) who married Michel Pellissier de Féligonde;
  • By descent to their son Michel Pellissier de Féligonde, deputé du Puy-du-Dôme;
  • By descent to his 2nd son Jacques-Michel Pellissier de Féligonde, advisor to the Court at Riom (this and all the above according to inscription on the reverse of the backing panel; see transcription, below);
  • Passion collection;
  • With Wildenstein, from circa 1935 until at least 1963;
  • Private collection.
  • Auction: Sotheby's, London, 4 July 2012, Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale, lot 9.
Exhibition history
  • New York, World's Fair (Pavillon de la France), Five Centuries of History Mirrored in Five Centuries of French Art, 1939, no. 36 (as Jean Fouquet);
  • New York, Wildenstein, The Great Tradition of French Painting, June - October 1939, no. 4;
  • New York, Wildenstein, Fashion in Headdress, 27 April - 27 May 1943, no. 4;
  • New York, Wildenstein, French Art Benefit for American Aid to France, December 1946;
  • Denver, The Denver Art Museum, Art of the Middle Ages, 10 December 1950 - 11 February 1951;
  • São Paulo, Museo de Arte, O retrato na França, January 1952, no. 1;
  • Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Six Centuries of Headdress, 3 April - 1 May 1955, no. 1;
  • New York, Wildenstein, The Painter as Historian, 15 November - 31 December 1962, no. 22.
Source/Photographer http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/old-master-british-paintings-evening-sale/lot.9.html
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