18th-century FRENCH school, follower of François de TROY (16 - Lot 177

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18th-century FRENCH school, follower of François de TROY (16 - Lot 177
18th-century FRENCH school, follower of François de TROY (1645-1730) Pair of portraits of Renée Bouthillier de Chavigny (1643-1711) in red dress, posing with her dog and Anne-Marie de Beuzelin, duchesse de La Force (1668-1752) in ducal coat. Canvases 130 x 98 cm and 129 x 98.5 cm 137 x 125 cm 157.5 x 123 cm with frame Old restorations Elegant period frame in carved and gilded wood, decorated with foliage, acanthus leaves and florets. Renée Bouthillier de Chavigny, daughter of Léon Bouthillier, belonged to one of the most influential families of the noblesse de robe during the reign of Louis XIII. Through her marriage to Jacques Nompar de Caumont, she joined the prestigious maison ducale de La Force, a great aristocratic line linked to the high nobility of 17th-century France. A few decades later, Anne-Marie de Beuzelin, heiress to the château and land of Bosmelet in Normandy, also joined this illustrious dynasty through her union with Armand Nompar de Caumont. Born into an old noble family from the Cauchoise region, she embodied the court aristocracy of the transition from the Grand Siècle to the Regency. Provenance : -Former collection of Château de Bosmelet in Seine-Maritime (annotated in black ink on the reverse of the canvas and stretcher "P.P Château Bosmelet"). Comparative works : - François de Troy (1645-1730), Duchesse de la Force, 1714, oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen - Replica of a portrait by François de Troy in a private collection (cf. Me Aguttes sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 11/06/2012, no. 30).
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