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Description: | This painting has been traditionally described as representing Louis XIV, king of France (1638-1715). However there is considerable doubt about this, as the picture's style appears to be much later than when he was a small boy. An expert has dated this painting from approximately 1670, and attributes it to a painter influenced by Pierre Mignard (1612-1695), a court painter. It has also been suggested the boy may be Louis XV (1710-1774), and portraits of the king as a child do show similarities with this. The boy in the painting is wearing Roman-style dress, a reminder of the fashion for Classical plays, such as those written by Racine or Corneille, and that of mythologising portraits. | Subjects: | portrait (Louis XV?) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9026... | Go to resource |
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