Old Masters
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NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERRE | PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, SAID TO BE THE CHAMBERLAIN DE MONTARGU, HALF-LENGTH, WEARING A BREASTPLATE OVER A RED VELVET JACKET WITH GOLD EMBROIDERED SLEEVES
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June 11, 04:08 PM GMT
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15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Property from a Distinguished American Collection
NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERRE
Paris 1656 - 1746
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, SAID TO BE THE CHAMBERLAIN DE MONTARGU, HALF-LENGTH, WEARING A BREASTPLATE OVER A RED VELVET JACKET WITH GOLD EMBROIDERED SLEEVES
oil on canvas
canvas: 32⅜ by 25⅜ in.; 82.3 by 64.5 cm.
framed: 39½ by 33½ in.; 100.3 by 85.1 cm.
Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 2 November 2000, lot 194;
There acquired.
Another version of this impressive portrait is in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden (inv. no. 758). The Dresden version dates to circa 1710, and it is likely that the present painting dates to the same period. The sitter was first identified as the Chamberlain of Montargu by Karl Woerman in 1887; though this identification has not been fully confirmed, the Dresden version has since catalogued the sitter as such with certainty.