A SET OF SIX LOUIS XIV PAINTED SILK WALL PANELS
Circa 1700, manufacture attributed to Royale de Gobelins
Framed.
height overall 65 5/8in (166.6cm); width of each 25 3/8in (64.4cm)
Footnotes:
The images are derived from contemporary French engravings of French nobility produced circa 1694-1698 by A. Trouvain, C.A. de Berey, R. Bonnard, J. Mariette, and others.

In the first panel, 'Afternoon', are la Duchesse de Valentinois and Mademoiselle de Mennetoud, the second 'Air', a man of quality and la Comtesse du Roure, the third, 'Pachesis', Anne-Jules Duc de Noailles and la Duchesse d'Albret, the fourth, 'Clotho', Madame the Duchesse d'Aumont and Louis XIV, the fifth, 'Atropos' la Princesse de Conty Douairiere and le Duc de Savoie, and the sixth, 'Autumn', la Duchesse de Valentinois and le Chevalier de Bouillon.

Provenance
Bernard Baruch Steinitz Antiquaire, Paris, early 1980s.
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