Live Auction 1187A Life's Devotion: The Collection of the Late Mrs T.S. Eliot
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1680
Lot 169

FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1680

Closed20 November 2013

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GBP 5,250

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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1680
A lady called Madame de Montespan (1640-1707), full length in crimson dress, the white bodice and train embroidered in gold and decorated with jewels, blue stole, holding a garland of roses, standing on a terrace; landscape background
on vellum
oval, 6 in. (152 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with scrolling border

John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) Collection, New York; Christie's, London, 25 June 1935, lot 162, as by Jean Nocret (22 gns. to A. Walker).
Christie's, London, 9 November 1994, lot 14.

Specialist note

Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan (1640-1707) married the Marquis of Montespan (1640-1691) in 1663. She later became lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie-Thérèse, through whom she met King Louis XIV, becoming his official mistress between 1667 and 1689 and bearing him six children, all of whom were legitimated.