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L. BOURDIN (FRENCH, FL. 1691 - 1716)
Lot 98

L. BOURDIN (FRENCH, FL. 1691 - 1716)

Closed27 November 2013

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L. BOURDIN (FRENCH, FL. 1691 - 1716)
Louis of France (1661-1711), Grand Dauphin, in gilt-bordered armour, wearing the blue sash of the Royal French Order of the Saint Esprit, long curling wig
on parchment
oval, 2.5/16 in. (59 mm.) high, wood mount within later rectangular gold plush panel
inscribed on the backing card 'Delphinus Ludovic[i] / XIIII. Filius.'

Sotheby's, London, 26 February 1973, lot 41 (as by Benjamin Arlaud, £270 to Schidlof).

Specialist note

Louis of France, eldest son and heir of King Louis XIV of France was styled Le Grand Dauphin on the birth of his son, known as Le Petit Dauphin. He predeceased his father and never became king.
The present work is based on a large-scale oil on canvas portrait of the Grand Dauphin by Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743).