NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERE. 1656-1746

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Oil on canvas. 80 X 64 cm (oval). Inv. No 986 The portrait may be dated to the late 1680s or early 1690s.

Provenance: until 1924 The Yusupovs Collection, Ar-khangelskoye (near Moscow) and St Petersburg—Petro-grad; 1924—27 The Hermitage, Leningrad; since 1927 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Exhibitions: 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 41; 1956 Leningrad, Cat., p. 32; 1972 Moscow, Cat., p. 64 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 44; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 78; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 107, ill.; Эрнст 1924, p. 20, ill.; Reau 1929, No 570; Прокофьев 1962, ill. 39; ГМИИ 1966, No 57; ЗОЛОТОЕ 1968, p. 24, ill.

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