Workshop of Jean-Baptiste van LOO (1684-1745) Equestrian portrait of Louis XV (1710-1774) Oil on canvas, lined. 140 x 112 cm Provenance: Purchased at a public sale in Versailles. Related works : The equestrian portrait of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and Charles Parrocel (1688-1752). Four paintings commissioned in 1724-1725 including the one in the Versailles museum. A drawing by Charles Parrocel in the museum of Angers. Engravings by C. Mathey, S.H. Thomassin and N. de Larmessin. A painting on enamel, 20 x 15 cm, oval, signed "Oudry", former collection of the Duke of Mouchy.

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