| CZAR PETER THE GREAT'S AUDIENCE WITH LOUIS XIV, VERSAILLES IN 1717 , FRENCH SCHOOL 18TH CENTURY |
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oil on canvas
38 x 42 in.
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina
The Building shown in the upper right may be the Trianon-sous-Bois , Its two floors feature an ensemble of finely executed woodwork. During the reign of Louis XIV, these apartments were successively occupied by his sister-in-law (the Princess Palatine), his son-in-law (the Duc de Chartres), and his daughter (the Duchesse de Bourbon). Czar Peter the Great also stayed in these apartments in 1717.
Most of the official costume - wide coat cuffs, tricorn hats - appears to be 1690s to early 1700s it looks Dutch or Flemish or French The high wigs seem to point to 1690s as well .
Among the European cities and palaces that Peter the Great visited during his two-year journey abroad was Versailles . Louis XIV’s palace and fountains profoundly impressed the incognito Russian czar. He resolved that on the shores of the Gulf of Finland he would make Peterhof a no less impressive architectural wonder and surround it with fountains of no less grandeur than those of the French king. That Peter and his successors succeeded is beyond question |
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| Price: £25,000
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