ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN LIMOSIN (ACTIVE CIRCA 1615-1635), FRENCH, LIMOGES, EARLY 17TH CENTURY | OCTAGONAL PORTRAIT OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA (1601-1666)

Guns van Aalst, Belgium;

private collection, Belgium

A near-identical octagonal portrait was sold at Sotheby's Paris as part of the Dormeuil Collection on 19 November 2007 (lot 26) with an attribution to Jean Limosin. The attribution is based on a comparison with an octagonal portrait of the young Louis XIII in the Louvre (inv. no. OA 11063), which is given to Limosin by Baratte (op. cit.) and allows for an identification of the present sitter as Louis' young wife, Anne of Austria. It is likely that the two models were created as pendants to commemorate their 1615 wedding.

RELATED LITERATURE

S. Baratte, Les Emaux peints de Limoges, cat. Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2000, p. 379