Nicolas de Largillière and Parisian Chic

Published on 30 September 2020, by Claire Papon

Auction on 06 October 2020 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Probably commissioned at the time of her first marriage, this portrait of Marie Thérèse Jacquet de la Bussières by Largillière is part of a group of paintings made around 1700 by Nicolas de Largillière.

Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746), Portrait de Marie-Thérèse Jacquet de la Bussières,... Nicolas de Largillière and Parisian Chic

Nicolas de Largillière (1656-1746), Portrait de Marie-Thérèse Jacquet de la Bussières, épouse de Jean-Louis Arnault, conseiller et secrétaire du roi, trésorier général de l’extraordinaire des guerres (Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Jacquet de la Bussières, Wife of Jean-Louis Arnaud, Counselor et Secretary to the King, Treasurer General of Extra-ordinary Wars), oil on canvas, 140 x 106 cm.
Estimate: €100,000/150,000

They also include the Portrait of a Woman and an Enslaved Servant now in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Portrait of a Woman in the Saint Louis Museum of Art, and the Portrait of Mademoiselle de La Fayette now in the Château de Parentignat - not forgetting La Belle Strasbourgeoise . A version of this can be found in Strasbourg's…

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