Charming late 18th.Century Pastel Portrait of a young boy with his pet rabbit. Presented in its original rare pressed metal oval frame with original glazing. Dateable to Circa.1785. Pastel on paper on wooden stretcher, very small area of staining to lower right to no real detriment. 29.7 by 37.4 cms. Overall.
It has been suggested that the sitter is Louis Joseph Dauphin Of France. (22 October 1781 – 4 June 1789) Second child and first son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. As son of a King of France, he was a fils de France ("Child of France"). Louis Joseph died at the age of seven from TB and was succeeded as Dauphin (and thus heir-apparent) by his four-year-old brother Louis Charles.
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