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"Louis the XIV and Madame de La Vallière"
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Description 17th-century portrait painting with Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, Unattributed, UnknownUnknown or anonymous artist
label QS:Len,"Not identified, Unspecified, Unmentioned, Unattributed, UnknownUnknown or anonymous artist"
label QS:Lpt,"Não identificado, Não especificado, Não mencionado, Não atribuído, UnknownUnknown ou artista anonymous"
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Title
"Louis the XIV and Madame de La Vallière"
Description

"Louis the XIVth and Madame de La Vallière enlightened by Love, Paris, early XVIIIth century

Monumental oil on canvas depicting King Louis the XIVth and the Duchess de La Vallière sitting in the heavens, on a cloud. The king, richly dressed in a purple velvet coat lined with gold satin, is represented as Jupiter, leaning on his commanding staff and accompanied by an eagle clutching a thunderbolt. The Duchess de la Vallière is richly dressed in a satin dress embroidered with silver, and a blue velvet cape. She is represented as Juno, with her scepter and a peacock in the background.


The monumental canvas we present depicts the Sun King and Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, who was the royal mistress from 1661 to 1667. Our work dates from the very beginning of the XVIIIth century because such a work can only be understood after the death of Queen Marie-Thérèse, and the legitimization of the king's extra-marital relationship. Our hypothesis is reinforced by several elements, notably the fact that the king is represented as elderly, according to the iconography of Rigaud's portrait from 1701, whereas the Duchess de La Vallière is represented in the flower of her youth, at the age when she was the king's mistress. The painting was probably done after the death of the Duchess de La Vallière in 1710. Indeed, after 36 years of religious life, she died in the cemetery of her convent with "all the marks of a great holiness" as Saint-Simon wrote. He even added: "Happy [the king] if he only had had mistresses like Madame de La Vallière". This rehabilitation goes hand in hand with the rise of the king's favorite daughter, Marie-Anne de Bourbon, who was legitimized and married to a prince of blood, Louis-Armand I of Bourbon-Conti. Who else but the Princess of Conti could have allowed herself to present a monumental painting illustrating the king's infidelity? It is highly probable that the Princess of Conti, who never ceased to rehabilitate her mother, commissioned our painting for one of the many properties she owned (Château de La Vallière, Montmirail, Champs-sur-Marne, Choisy, Hôtel de Vendôme, Hôtel de Lorge, etc).

The vivid polychromy and luminous texture of the textiles are similar to the works of François de Troy (1645-1730) who worked extensively for the Bourbon-Conti family."
Date 17th century
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 134 cm (52.7 in); width: 164 cm (64.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,134U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,164U174728
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Object history

Provenance:

  • Auction: De Baecque & Associes, Marseille, Mobilier et objets d'art - Tableaux anciens et modernes at de Baecque & Associes, lot 82 (auctioned as "Portrait présumé de Louis XIV en Hercule et d'une dame" by the French School) [1]
  • offered by Franck Baptiste Paris [2]
Source/Photographer https://www.anticstore.art/100469P

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