Marie Leszczyńska Queen of France After Jean-Marc Nattier Oil Painting Portrait

Description

A large and beautiful hand painted reproduction of Marie Leszcynska, Queen of France, After Jean-Marc Nattier. The original work dates to 1748 and is currently in the Wallace Collection, a Museum in London. The painting is on canvas with natural craquelure and shows Marie seated at her desk in a green chair with hand over book. She is dressed in an opulant red dress and looking over her shoulder. The painting is framed in a stunning Baroque / Rococo style frame. Signed lower right.

Maria Karolina Zofia Felicja Leszczyńska, also known as Marie Leczinska, was Queen of France as the wife of King Louis XV from their marriage on 4 September 1725 until her death in 1768

Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) was a French painter. He was born in Paris, the second son of Marc Nattier, a portrait painter, and of Marie Courtois, a miniaturist. He is noted for his portraits of the ladies of King Louis XV's court in classical mythological attire.

Condition

Very Good; Gently Used

Dimensions

35 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 42"; canvas 24 x 30