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CIRCLE OF PIERRE GOBERT | PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE AGLAÉ D'ORLÉANS (1700-1761), ALSO KNOWN AS MADEMOISELLE DE VALOIS, HALF LENGTH

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June 11, 03:59 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Property from a Private Collection

CIRCLE OF PIERRE GOBERT

PORTRAIT OF CHARLOTTE AGLAÉ D'ORLÉANS (1700-1761), ALSO KNOWN AS MADEMOISELLE DE VALOIS, HALF LENGTH


inscribed and dated upper left: Mademoiselle de Valois / Gaubert.p.Paris. 1718.

oil on canvas

canvas: 31⅝ by 25⅜ in.; 80.3 by 64.5 cm.

framed: 37 by 30 in.; 94 by 76.2 cm.

Acquired in New York, 1953, by Henry Howard;

Thence by descent in the family to the present owner in 1996.

Pierre Gobert was a French painter born in the Fontainebleau who joined the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris on 1701 as a portraitist. During the reign of Louis XIV he became one of the leading painters of the ladies of the court as evidenced by the copious portraits he executed during the time.