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François de TROY (Toulouse 1645-Paris 1730)
Portrait of Fran…
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François de TROY (Toulouse 1645-Paris 1730)
Portrait of Fran…
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Lot no. 70
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François de TROY (Toulouse 1645-Paris 1730)
Portrait of Françoise Marie Michau (1665-1715) Marquise d'Espinay, wife of René Le Prestre, 8th Marquis d'Espinay
Canvas
Unframed
Bears a coat of arms in the upper right with the arms of the Le Prestre family; bears a recent inscription on a label on the reverse of the stretcher
label on the reverse of the stretcher "De Troy".
75 x 59 cm
Old restorations, lifting and missing parts
In the upper right-hand corner of the canvas are the arms identified as those of the Le Prestre family, accompanied by the motto "Sacerdos in aeternum" ("Priest for eternity"), surmounted by the marquise crown.
Françoise-Marie Le Prestre, née Michau, married René Le Prestre (1655-1724), seigneur of Lézonnet and 8th marquis of Espinay, in 1683. The latter was a member of the Third Estate, advocate general at the Grand Council, seneschal of the Présidial of Rennes, treasurer of the Estates of Brittany (in 1687) and president à mortier at the Parliament of Brittany.
The Le Prestre family maintained links with the painter François de Troy, who painted portraits of their son Louis Le Prestre and his wife Marie de Soul de Beaujour between 1722 and 1723 (see D. Brême, François de Troy, Paris, 1997, p. 176-177).
We would like to thank Dominique Brême for confirming this attribution.
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