Louis XV Child, Oil On Canvas 18th Century Pierre Gobert (entourage Of)

Portrait of Louis XV at the age of five, oil on canvas by a painter of the entourage or a follower of Pierre Gobert.
Represented in the manner of a child Jesus or Jean-Baptiste, Louis XV is seated on the cushion of what seems to be a duchesse brisée, he is holding the medal of the Order of the Holy Spirit and his blue ribbon. Louis XV born in 1710 became Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Spirit on the death of Louis XIV in 1715.
This painting painted in the first half of the 18th century can be attributed to a painter from the entourage of Pierre Gobert or to one of those followers.
Very good general condition, old relining. The wooden frame and gilded stucco is later.
Dimension of the frame 72x63 cm

Son of the sculptor Jean II Gobert, Pierre Gobert (1662-1744) was received at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture on December 31, 1701 as a portraitist. He became one of the official painters of the aristocracy of the Court at Versailles, at the end of the reign of Louis XIV, sometimes representing his models in the guise of mythological figures. Pierre Gobert is also the official painter of the Court of Lorraine.