Portrait of a French girl, holding a rattle, wearing a bonnet "à la Fontanges".
Oil on canvas, oval format
57 x 72 cm.
This moving portrait of a royal child seems to us to be related to Pierre Mignard's many achievements at the courts of
Versailles and Saint-Germain en Laye. The presence of a bonnet "à la
Fontanges" bonnet, very much in vogue from 1680 to 1701, seems to us a useful element in refining the list of "candidate" children. The absence of orders of knighthood, conferred at the birth of each "fils de
France", would seem to indicate a daughter.
These criteria are met by the daughters of the Duc d'Orléans (Marie (1695- 1719), known as "Mademoiselle"; Louise-Adélaïde (1698-1743), known as "Mademoiselle d'Orléans" and Charlotte-Aglaé (1700-1761), known as "Mademoiselle de Valois"), those of the Prince de Condé (Marie-Anne (1690-1760), known as "Mademoiselle de Condé"; Louise-Elisabeth (1693-1775), known as "Mademoiselle de Sens"; Louise-Anne (1695- 1758), known as "Mademoiselle de Charolais";_x001e_ Marie-Anne (1697- 1741), known as "Mademoiselle de Clermont"), and finally, those of the Prince de Conti (Marie-Anne (1689-1720) and Louise-Adélaïde (1696-1750), known as "Mademoiselle de la Roche-sur-Yon").
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