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A Beaubrun painting preempted by Versaille
21/5/25 - Acquisition - Versailles, Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon - It was expected that the Château de Versailles would not let this Beaubrun painting slip away: put up for sale by Osenat on 18 May, it was preempted for €494,000 (ill. 1). Monumental in size and composition, this double portrait of Anne of Austria and Louis XIV clearly had a political function: to assert the stability of the monarchy, which had been weakened by the death of Louis XIII in 1643 and the age of his successor, who was still a minor and far from reaching adulthood.
Portrait of Louis XIV as a Child with his Mother Anne of Austria, 1644-1645
Oil on canvas - 194 x 155 cm
Versailles, Musée national du château
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