10,350 CHF
Signed C. S. Purhois, dated 1716. Extremely fine, painted on enamel on gold portrait miniature of Philippe of Orléans, the Regent of France. Miniature. painted in pointillistic technique in the manner of Jean Petitot, white enamel base, brown background, the Regent in armor with blue sash and a white ruff collar (small chips), white and light blue counter-enamel. Frame: gold, two-body, concave back, chiseled and engraved glazed front bezel with laurel-leaf pattern, small suspension loop at the top. Signed and dated on the counter-enamel. Dim. 44 x37 mm. Notes This is a magnificent portrait miniature, preserved in excellent condition. A strikingly similar one painted by Charles Boit (1663-1727), is in the Louvre Museum, Inv. 35582. Both were painted after a work by Jean-Baptiste Santerre (1651-1717), now in the Château de Versailles. Philippe II, Duke of Orleans, Regent of France (1674 - 1723) Born in Saint-Cloud, he was the sonof Louis XIV’s brother, Philippe I of Orleans. He married Françoise-Marie de Bourbon in 1698. At first called the Duke of Chartres (1674-1701), and then Duke of Orleans (1701-1723), upon the death of Louis XIV he became Regent, because the late king's great-grandson was only five years old. He was Regent from 1715 to 1723. Since his regency was the last in the kingdom of France, he is still commonly referred to simply as «le Régent» and the period of his reign as «la Régence». A professed atheist, who read the satirical works of Francois Rabelais
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
