Henri Testelin

Lot 133: STUDIO OF HENRI TESTELIN PARIS 1616 - 1695 THE HAGUE

Name: STUDIO OF HENRI TESTELIN PARIS 1616 - 1695 THE HAGUE
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: s7d7geugdo

Est: $20,000 USD - $30,000 USDSold:

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USMay 18, 2006

Item Overview

Description

PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XIV, SEATED, THREE QUARTER LENGTH, DRESSED IN ROBES OF STATE

measurements note
55 3/4 by 43 in.; 141.8 by 109 cm.

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, January 9, 1981, lot 208 (as Louis Testelin).

NOTE

This portrait is based on the figure of Louis XIV in Testelin's monumental Louis XIV as Protector of the Arts of 1668 in Versailles, (see E. Coquery, "Le Portrait de Louis", in Visages d'un Grand Siècle, exhibition catalogue, Paris/Nantes/Toulouse 1997, p. 77, reproduced).

Artist or Maker

Henri Testelin

Auction Details

Old Master Paintings

Sotheby's

May 18, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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