Lot 100
  • 100

Studio of Louis-Michel van Loo

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Louis-Michel van Loo
  • Portrait of Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Saint-Florentin, Duc de la Vrillière (1705-1777)
  • oil on canvas
  • 39 1/2 by 31 1/2 in.
  • 100.4 by 80 cm.

Condition

Lined canvas. Visible repaint through the top quater of the canvas and to the right of figure. Under UV light: abovementioned inpainting; possible inpainting to face or coat may be under masking varnish.
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Catalogue Note

This portrait repeats a work by Van Loo, signed and dated 1769,  in the collection of the Musée du Château de Versailles.