Presumed Bust Of The Duke Of Boufflers Attributed To Antoine Coysevox

Important carved white Carrara marble bust representing, probably Louis François de Boufflers, 1st Duke of Boufflers (January 10, 1644 - August 22, 1711), wearing a wig, his head slightly turned to his right. A silk and fur cape thrown over his shoulders, he wears the collar of the Golden Fleece and the Large plaque of the Holy Spirit; molded quadrangular pedestal. Work attributed to Antoine Coysevox (September 29, 1640 Lyon, October 10, 1720 Paris) Dimensions 88 cm H x 58 cm W x 30 cm D 1711 in Fontainebleau) Knight, Marquis then 1st Duke of Boufflers, Peer of France, Viscount of Ponches, Colonel General of the Dragons, Military Governor of the Province of the Three Bishoprics and of Metz, Knight of the Holy Spirit (received on December 31, 1688), Grand-Bailli & Hereditary Governor of Beauvais and Beauvaisis, Lieutenant-General of Flanders and Hainaut Lieutenant-General of Flanders and Hainaut, Governor & Sovereign Bailli of Lille, Marshal of France, Chevalier de la Toison d'Or; married Catherine Charlotte de Gramont, Lady of the Queen's Palace, daughter of Antoine Charles, Duke of Gramont & Peer of France and of Marie Charlotte de Castelnau, daughter of the Marshal of France of that name.