ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN DE COURT | PORTRAIT OF LÉONOR D'ORLÉANS, DUC DE LONGUEVILLE ET DE ESTOUTEVILLE (1540-1573), CIRCA 1572
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December 5, 07:06 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN DE COURT
circa 1730 - 1585 Paris
PORTRAIT OF LÉONOR D'ORLÉANS, DUC DE LONGUEVILLE ET DE ESTOUTEVILLE (1540-1573), CIRCA 1572
Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with gold and silver on vellum, black stained wood frame
48 by 36 mm.
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 28 April 1981, lot 25;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 December 1985, lot 189
The identity of the sitter is confirmed by a copy of this portrait made in circa 1575 for Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (Vienna, KHM, inv. GG 4876). The Duke was descended from an illegitimate branch of the French royal family. He had a short but brilliant military career and was created prince du sang in 1571.
'Ordinary' painter to Mary Queen of Scots and to Charles IX, Jean de Court succeeded François Clouet in 1572 as the official portraitist to the Valois family. We are grateful to Alexandra Zvereva for her help when cataloguing this lot.