AFTER MAURICE-QUENTIN DE LA TOUR (1704-1788)

AFTER MAURICE-QUENTIN DE LA TOUR (1704-1788)
Portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' (1720-1788), wearing armour
Pastel, in a pressed gilt brass frame
49.1 x 38.5cm

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

Literature

Neil Jeffares, "Maurice-Quentin de La Tour", Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, no.J.46.1463.

Catalogue Note

It has been suggested this may be an English copy, perhaps by John Saunders who made other Stuart portraits, similarly derived from other works.

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