CIRCLE OF PIERRE GOBERT (1662-1744)

CIRCLE OF PIERRE GOBERT (FONTAINEBLEAU 1662-1744 PARIS)
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter-length, in costume, holding a mask in her right hand, before a red curtain, in an interior
oil on canvas
131 x 98 cm (51 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.)

Provenance
Private Collection.
Christies, London: 'From Italian to Rome- The Collection of two Italian Designers' November 2011, Lot 327.

The present portrait is traditionally held to be Françoise Marie de Bourbon. Françoise Marie de Bourbon was the youngest illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his mistress Franscois-Athenais de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan.