Live Auction 6459The Sunday Sale
Workshop of François Clouet (French, ca. 1516-1572)
Lot 20

Workshop of François Clouet (French, ca. 1516-1572)

Portrait of Margaret of France (1723-1574), Duchess of Berry, later Savoia, half-length, in a gold-embroidered and jewelled black dress, the sleeves slashed to reveal a white undershirt

Closed1 April 2012

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GBP 7,000–10,000

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Workshop of François Clouet (French, ca. 1516-1572)
Portrait of Margaret of France (1723-1574), Duchess of Berry, later Savoia, half-length, in a gold-embroidered and jewelled black dress, the sleeves slashed to reveal a white undershirt
oil on panel
12¾ x 9½ in. (32.5 x 24 cm.)
in a specimen marble and penwork tabernacle frame with alabaster columns

Specialist note

Margaret of France was daughter of Francis I (1494-1547), King of France 1515-1547 and his first wife, Claude, Duchess of Brittany. While at court, she became a close confidant of Catherine de Medici. At the age of 36 she married Emmanuel Filiberto di Savoia (1528-1580) Prince of Piedmont and Duke of Savoia 1553-1580.