Presumed Portrait Of Marie Anne De Bourbon Said Mademoiselle De Blois (late 17th Century)

First legitimized daughter of LXIV and Mademoiselle de Lavallière (1666-1739) called Mademoiselle de Blois around the age of 8. She is dressed in a red dress accented with gold and embellished with puffed sleeves and white ruffles at the neckline highlighting her adorable round and youthful face. Get closer to the portrait at the Louvre Museum Inventory No. MI 942. Same face and blondness as our portrait, thus allowing identification. Mademoiselle de Blois, first of the name, was presented to the Court in 1674, which already praised her grace and her beauty. She asserts herself as the favorite daughter of the King who finds in her the beauty of her mother, to whom she will remain close by visiting her regularly in her convent. On January 16, 1680, she married Prince Louis Armand de Conti, then 18 years old, and became Princess of Conti. Oval portrait in excellent condition, relined in the 19th century and presented in an oval frame, also 19th century