Elisabeth-charlotte d'Orléans Around 1695 - Workshop Of Pierre Gobert (1662 - 1744)

Oil on canvas.
Adorned with a white bodice (or whale body) embroidered with gold thread and pearls, the shoulders covered by a luxurious blue coat with collar and sleeves encircled with fur, the daughter of Philippe d'Orléans, niece of the King Sun and future Duchess of Lorraine, is portrayed from the front. Wearing the Fontange hairstyle in vogue in the Kingdom at the end of the 17th century, she has a haughty bearing that recalls her rank.

Pierre Gobert and the young princess met in the 1680s at Versailles: “If Gobert frequented Marie-Anne de Bavière in the 1682s at Versailles, it is highly probable that on this occasion the young Elisabeth-Charlotte of Orleans made her knowledge. One of the first known portraits of the young woman, and produced by Gobert, is kept at the Palace of Versailles. Almost identical in format to the portrait in the Musée Lambinet,… thanks to the intervention of Elisabeth-Charlotte, Gobert was approached by the court of Lorraine in 1707, in order to paint the portrait of the Dukes of Lorraine, Elisabeth-Charlotte d ' Orleans and the four princesses ... Gobert thus obtained the title of ordinary painter from the Duke of Lorraine. He thus participated in the artistic influence of the court of Lunéville, which sought to follow in the wake of Versailles. » See Marion Schaack-Millet - City of Versailles.

Elisabeth-Charlotte d'Orléans (Saint-Cloud 13.09.1676 - Commercy 23.12.1744) is the daughter of Philippe d'Orléans (“Monsieur” younger brother of Louis XIV) and Elisabeth-Charlotte of Bavaria (Princess Palatine) . In 1698, she married the Duke of Lorraine Léopold and from this union were born 14 children, only 4 of whom reached adulthood, including François, the future Emperor of the Holy Empire. On the death of her husband in 1729, Elisabeth-Charlotte took over the affairs of the State of Lorraine, of which she ensured the regency, her son François giving her this power. In 1733, she faced a new occupation of Lorraine by the French army involved in the War of the Polish Succession. The Treaty of Vienna granted the Duchy of Lorraine to Stanislas Leszczynski in 1737, Elisabeth-Charlotte then left the castle of Lunéville and moved to the castle of Commercy where she died at the age of 68.

Our painting is presented in its original frame in carved and gilded wood decorated with leaves and flowers.
Sold with invoice and certificate of expertise.
Dimensions: 72 x 58 cm - 90 x 77 with the frame

Related works:

- Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans - Workshop of Pierre Gobert - Versailles, MV3690.
- Elisabeth-charlotte d'Orléans in Venus getting ready to tie Cupid's wings - Attributed to Pierre Gobert - Musée Lorrain Nancy
- Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans - Pierre Gobert - Musée du Château de Lunéville

Pierre Gobert (Fontainebleau 1662 - Paris 1744) « Son of Jean Gobert, sculptor of the King, grandson of Jean Gobert the eldest, carpenter sculptor, brother of Jean Gobert known as "ordinary painter of the King" Pierre Gobert would have worked from 1679 for the court of Bavaria, carrying out the portrait of Marie-Anne, future Dauphine of France. Renewing her confidence in the artist, she commissioned Versailles for the portrait of her son the Duke of Burgundy in 1682. Received at the painting academy on September 24, 1701, with the portraits of Corneille van Clève and Bon Boullogne, Pierre Gobert exhibited fifteen portraits at the Salon of 1704, and demonstrated his privileged access to the court: among these portraits appear that of the Duchess of Maine and of the little Duke of Brittany, the future Louis XV. »Called to the court of Lorraine in 1707, to paint the portrait of the Dukes of Lorraine, Elisabeth - Charlotte of Orleans and the four princesses. It is probable that Gobert developed a workshop there during this period… he thus obtained the title of ordinary painter from the Duke of Lorraine. … Gobert then worked for the Condé and the Conti, and for the Prince-Elector Max Emmanuel of Bavaria. In 1737, the painter shone for the last time by presenting at the Salon one of his most ambitious portraits, that of the family of the Duke of Valentinois (Monaco, princely palace). By the choice of his somewhat fixed attitudes, by the affected and graceful disposition of the fingers of his female models, by the use of historiated disguises, by the depersonalized and flattering type of his resolutely placid faces, Gobert had succeeded in creating thanks to his hard work and recognized, a style that contrasted with the works of Largillierre and Rigaud, his contemporaries. » See Marion Schaack-Millet - City of Versailles.