Showing posts with label Louis XIII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Louis XIII. Show all posts
Chantilly: Selections from the Château de Chantilly Collection
Kings of France Madame, they are always Louis
M. Montjoye on Louis XVI from Adolphus, John. 1799. Biographical memoirs of the French Revolution. London: T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies
Well they were not all "Louis" to be fair, but France had its share of Kings Louis on the throne. Here are some of the later ones by artists Fouquet, Perréal, de Champaigne, Le Brun, and Duplessis.
If the portraits themselves are not pleasing to you, (who said all Kings were handsome?) perhaps the fashions and accessories, or complimentary reds and greens will be!
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| Jean Fouquet, Portrait of Louis XI. Oil on panel. Image Source. |
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| Jean Perréal, Louis XII. c.1514. Windsor Castle. Royal Library. |
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| Philippe de Champaigne, Louis XIII (1601-1643), King of France. Oil on canvas, 17th century. Musée Carnavalet. |
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| Charles Le Brun, Portrait of Louis XIV. Painting, late 17th century. Musée du Louvre. |
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| Joseph Siffred Duplessis, Portrait of Louis XV, King of France (wearing breastplate and the Order of the Golden Fleece). Oil on canvas, 18th century. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. |
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| Joseph Siffred Duplessis, Louis XVI. Oil on canvas, 1777. Musée Carnavalet. |
Queens of Style: Marie de Medici
Frans Pourbus the Younger, Marie de' Medici, Queen of France (1573-1642). 1610, oil on canvas. Intended for Petite Galerie of the Palais du Louvre. Musée du Louvre.
Queen Marie de Medici, daughter of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, married off to Henry IV of France who was not only twenty years her senior, but a divorcee as well. The day after she was crowned Queen her husband was assassinated while stuck in post coronation traffic. She then became Regent until her son Louis XIII came of age.Here she is seen wearing pearls, diamonds, garnets, sapphires and lace, in a blue gown trimmed in ermine.
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