Old Master Paintings
Old Master Paintings
Giovanni Migliara
Louis XIV and Louise de la Vallière in the Convent of Chaillot
Lot Closed
April 6, 03:52 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Giovanni Migliara
Alessandria 1785 - 1837 Milan
Louis XIV and Louise de la Vallière in the Convent of Chaillot
signed lower right: Gio Migliara
oil on canvas, unlined
unframed: 59.2 x 45.2 cm.; 23⅜ x 17¾ in.
framed: 82 x 66.6 cm.; 32¼ x 26¼ in.
A preparatory drawing is in the Pinacoteca Civica, Alessandria.1 Migliara exhibited paintings of the subject at the Brera in 1821, 1824 and 1831. The only other known painting by Migliara of the subject is in Berlin and is dated 1825 (see Gozzoli 1977, p. 68).
Another version of this composition sold at Yves Siebers, Stuttgart, 7 June 2013, lot 2443.
1 M.C. Gozzoli et al., L’opera grafica di Giovanni Migliara in Alessandria, Alessandria 1977, p. 340, no. 695, reproduced p. 140, fig. 54.