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Object Type
print
Museum number
1926,0412.163
Title
Object:
Louis C.les Dauphin
Description
Portrait of the Dauphin, Louis Charles (Louis XVII), after Kucharsky; bust-length, turned to the left and looking towards the viewer, wearing jacket, sash, badge of the order of the Saint-Esprit, and open-collar shirt Lithograph
Producer name
After:
Alexander Kucharsky
After:
Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun
(formerly attributed to)
Printed by:
Delpech
School/style
French
Production date
1818-1830
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
lithograph
Dimensions
Height:
70 millimetres
(image area)
Width:
50 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After a portrait of which several versions and copies are known; formerly attributed to Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, now to Alexander Kucharsky. A copy is in the Musée de Versailles, MV 6520.
Bibliographic references
De Vinck 1909-1967 / Collection De Vinck. Un siècle d'histoire de France par l'estampe. Inventaire analytique.
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
Louis XVII, King of France and Navarre
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(1.xii.1925/573)
Purchased through:
Thomas Agnew & Sons
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
(Lugt 1685c)
Acquisition date
1926
Acquisition notes
Sotheby's catalogue makes it clear that the collection was formed by the vendor's father.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1926,0412.163