Portrait of anne louise bénédicte de bourbon, duchess of maine - granddaughter of grand condé, anne louise bénédicte de bourbon (1676 - 1753), married in 1692 the duke of maine, legitimized bastard of louis xiv and madame de montespan. His castle in sceaux, called la petite cour de sceaux, was at the time an important center of artistic and intellectual life. She welcomed voltaire, montesquieu, fontenelle, and others, among others. Under the regency, she sought to play a political role and to avenge the affront to her husband by the regent who had the will of louis xiv annulled. Excluded from the regency council, the duke of maine entered, under the advice of his wife, into the conspiracy aimed at giving the regency to the king of spain. Imprisoned in 1719, she then experienced reversals of fortune, while trying to maintain her small court. Nicolas de largillierre (1656 – 1746) is one of the most renowned french portrait painters of the 17th and 18th centuries. The use of the terms "workshop of" followed by the name of the artist means that the work was executed in the workshop of the cited master, under his direction. Date: turn of the 17/18th century. Dimensions: height: 72.6 cm (28.5 in); width: 59.5 cm (23.4 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Unidentified location.
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