Circle of Pierre Gobert (1662-1744)
Pair of Ladies of the French Court, c.1690
Oil on canvas
40 x 32cm (16 x 12in)
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Further images
Provenance
The Killigrew family, Ireland and by descent
Literature
Gobert, Pierre, E Benezit, 1976
Pair of 17th century oval portraits of ladies of the French court. Oil on canvases in period giltwood frames. Circa 1690.
Pierre Gobert (1662-1744) was a French painter born in Fontainebleau and was the son of the sculptor Jean II Gobert. He entered the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris in 1701 as a portraitist. During the reign of Louis XIV he became the preferred painter of the ladies of the Court, producing a large number of portraits during this time.
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