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FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1730, entourage of Jean François...

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FRENCH SCHOOL circa 1730, entourage of Jean François de TROY Allegory of the birth of the Dauphin Canvas. Old restorations. 156 x 122 cm Crowned and dressed in a blue coat with ermine reverse, the Allegory of the French monarchy protects the four eldest children of four eldest children of Louis XV and Marie-Lescynzka, the two little twins born in 1727, Marie-Louise Elisabeth and Anne Henriette Marie-Louise, born a year later. The Monarchy holds the Dauphin Louis on her lap, born in 1729, wearing the blue ribbon of the Order of Saint Michael.

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