Французская живопись 17 - 20 вв. из музея изобразительных искусств им. Пушкина, Москва (French Painting from the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow 17th to 20th Century)

FRANQOIS DE TROY. 1645-1730

22 PORTRAIT OF ADELAIDE OF SAVOY.

1697 Oil on canvas. 98 X 79 cm. Inv. No 1118 Signed and dated lower left: Marie Adelaide de Sa-voye Nee Le 5-me Dec-re. 1685. Peint A Paris Par Franfois de Troy En Mars 1697

Marie-Adelaide (1685—1712), daughter of Victor-Ame-dee II, Duke of Savoy, in 1697 married Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy and grandson of Louis XIV. It was to mark this occasion that De Troy painted this portrait.

Provenance: 1894—1924 The D. Shchukin Collection, Moscow; since 1924 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibition: 1972 Moscow, Cat., p. 62 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 27, ill.; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 50; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 73; S. Scheikevitch, "Correspondence de Russie", Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1894, August, pp. 170—172, ill.; H. Прахов 1905, p. 119, ill. 61; Бенуа 1912, p. 248; Reau 1929, No 658; Золотое 1968, p. 21; Antonova 1977, No 61

22 PORTRAIT OF ADELAIDE OF SAVOY.