Louis De Silvestre, Portrait Of Baron Pierre De Gaultier Small This late 17th-century French oil

This late 17th-century French oil painting depicts Louise Françoise

his uncle took him to London

Two patched repairs

Overall size: 18” x 22½” / 45cm x 57cm

hungrily gulping down liquor

Louis De Silvestre, Portrait Of Baron Pierre De Gaultier Small This late 17th-century French oilThis sumptuous early 18th century portrait by leading French artist Louis de Silvestre (1675 1760) depicts Baron Pierre de Gaultier, a nobleman and diplomat active during the final years of Louis XIV and the Regency of Philippe dOrlans. Carrying a sense of calm self assurance, hes a man of cultivated taste. His blue justaucorps, embroidered with gold, conveys rank, while his crimson cloak, ostentatiously lined with gold fabric, rests across his left