Portrait of a lady, most probably Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie (1685–1712), duchesse de Bourgogne, half-length, in an embroidered gold dress and a blue mantle
1705
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
81.2 × 63.7 cm (oval)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2019
Gallery location
17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This painting most probably depicts Marie- Adélaïde de Savoie (1685–1712), who became duchesse de Bourgogne when she married Louis, Dauphin of France and duc de Bourgogne, as part of the Treaty of Turin in 1696. She was the mother of the future king Louis XV of France. This work dates from the height of Nicolas de Largillierre’s career as a prominent portrait painter at the court of Louis XIV.