Hyacinthe RIGAUD Atelier de, circa 1716/17
Louis XV child
Oil on canvas in tondo
Fine period frame in carved and gilded wood with shell pediment.
Restorations to the canvas (peripheral reinforcing canvas and edging paper), accidents and minor restorations to the frame.
71 x 72.5 cm
Provenance :
Probably commissioned by Charles Auguste d'Allonville de Louville (1664-1731), then collection of the Barons de Wismes by descent.
Comparative examples in public collections:
- Montauban, Musée Ingres. Inv. MI.843.1.5 (donation
Vialetes de Mortarieu, 1843)
- Florence, Uffizi Gallery. Inv. O.d.A.1911,
707 (former Parma collection, Palazzo Pitti)
Comparative examples at public auction:
- Christie's, June 3, 1998, lot 141 (attributed to van
Loo)
- Beaussant- Lefèvre, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 18, 2002, lot no. 13
- Osenat, Versailles, April 18, 2021, no. 87
Comparative bibliography on the subject
- JAMES-SARAZIN Ariane, Catalogue Raisonné
Hyacinthe Rigaud Tome 2 ; P. 1371, p.467 - éditions
Faton 2016
- PERREAU Stéphan, 2013, cat. P.1247, p. 249-250
Our painting will be included in Monsieur Stéphan Perreau's online catalog.
Our painting is a bust reduction of the large full-length portrait of the coronation painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1715 (Versailles, Musée national du château. MV3695). Rigaud had entrusted François-Albert Stiémart (1680-1740) with the full-length versions of the large portrait, and La Pennaye and Bennevaux with the bust reductions intended for certain private clients.
Several versions of the bust reductions are known, including the one commissioned by the Grand Duke of Tuscany and kept in the Pitti Palace in Florence, and the one commissioned by the Cardinal of Aix. Our painting depicts both the scepter and the crown on a red velvet cushion, which is not the case with the other versions, and the lace and embroidery are superior in quality to other known models. The fist on the young king's hip is taken from the portrait of Louis XIV in the Prado. The very high quality of this portrait lends credence to the theory that it was a private commission from a regular client of the studio, such as Charles Auguste d'Allonville de Louville (1664-1731), who was painted by the artist and his wife in 1708, and whose daughter Adélaïde married Adrien Antoine de Blocquel de Croix, baron de Wismes, in 1731.
Estim. 20,000 - 30,000 EUR