Studio of Pierre Mignard I (1612-1695): Portrait of King Louis XIV in Armor, Half Length

Oil on canvas, unsigned, with old paper labels and a wax seal on the stretcher.

39 x 31 1/2 in., 47 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (frame).

Literature: L. Nikolenko, Pierre Mignard: The Portrait Painter of the Grand Siecle, p. 127, no. 72.

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Chateau de Chambord, Chambord, Loire-et-Cher, France (according to label on reverse); Chateau de Saint-Offange, Maine-et-Loire, France (according to label on reverse); Charles Auguste Louis Joseph Demorny de Morny, in his apartment at the Chateau de Fountainbleau, Seine-et-Marne, France (according to label on reverse); Georges de Monbrison; Sold Georges Petit, May 13, 1904, Lot 50 (as Pierre Mignard); Joseph de Laborde, Marquis de la Borde (according to label on reverse); Anonymous sale; Sold Poulain le Fur, Paris, December 16, 2001, Lot 49 (as Pierre Mignard the Elder).

Craquelure with lifting and scattered losses showing mostly around the edges and at top. Scattered, small areas of inpainting, one at the right side of the face. Surface soiling. Stretcher dents. Stretcher previously fumigated for woodworm and repaired.

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