ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE
Portrait of King... Lot 150
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ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE
Portrait of King Louis IX "Saint Louis" (1214-1270).
Oil on panel, painted on both sides, with the inscription "ST. LUDOVICUS REX GALLIAE".
Age wear, small accident to the edge.
H.: 40.5 cm - L.: 31 cm.
On this work, the French sovereign is depicted with the royal attributes: the coat of the kings of France in blue velvet edged with ermine and embroidered with gold fleurs-de-lis, the collar of the Order of Saint Michael, the royal crown, the scepter with the fleur-de-lis and the hand of justice. In his right hand, he holds the three nails of the Crucifixion, presented in a red handkerchief symbolizing the Passion.
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