TOCQUE Louis (After) - Lot 407

TOCQUE Louis (After) Paris 1696 - 1772 Portrait of the Dauphin Louis (1729 - 1765), son of Louis XV and Marie Leszinska. He is shown wearing a red habit, a white vest embroidered with gold, and the blue cordon of the Order of the Holy Spirit in a sash. Oil on canvas. Old sash frame (old varnish slightly yellowed). On the reverse, an old inscription Louis de France H. 32.5 - L. 24 cm Beautifully carved wood frame Provenance: Collection Coullaud, Angers, sale 1954, Tocqué (according to a typed label on the frame); 19th-century reproduction of the full-length portrait of the Dauphin in his study, exhibited at the Salon of 1739, now in the Louvre, a replica of which is in the Musée de Versailles. 2 500 / 3 500 € Expert : Patrice Dubois