In a painted wooden frame.Louise Elizabeth (Versailles 1727 – 1759) was the eldest daughter of Louis XV of France. In 1739 she married Philip of Bourbon, who in 1748 became Duke of Parma. According to Giusto, Nattier, who had portrayed the daughters of King Louis fee of 25 louis, the present drawing of the head of “Babette” alone, made in Paris nine years earlier, perhaps for the canvas that portrays her as Terra (Sao Paulo, Brazil), the model for the posthumous portraits of the duchess. Malinverni instead believes that this sheet, in which he does not recognize Nattier's hand, was created starting from the widespread engravings that Joseph Beléchou took from the 'Earth', observing that the work preserved in the Lombardi museum follows in the inclination of the head the engraving and not the allegorical painting.
Title: Portrait of Duchess Louise Elisabeth of Bourbon
Author: Jean Marc Nattier
Date: 1750
Technique: Pastel on dyed paper
Displayed in: Glauco Lombardi Museum
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