Marie-Joséphine-Louise de Savoie, comtesse de Provence (1753–1810)
Joseph Boze (Martigues c.1745 - Paris 1826)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1790
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1918 x 1346 mm (75 1/2 x 53 in)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire
NT 1548062
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Marie-Joséphine-Louise de Savoie, comtesse de Provence (1753 - 1810) by Count Joseph Boze (Martigues c.1745 - Paris 1826), circa 1790. She was engaged to the French Prince Louis Stanislas, who was known as the Count of Provence. Her husband later became King Louis XVIII of France. Her brother-in-law Louis Auguste (the future Louis XVI of France) was Dauphin of France at the time and already married to Marie Antoinette. She was born in Turin and died at Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Monaco, Christie's, 15th June 1986, lot 10; bought Sotheby's, London, December 12th 1990, lot 32; became the property of the National Trust, by donation, with all profits henceforward benefiting the houses and the charity, from Historic House Hotels Ltd and all its interests in Hartwell House and the other two Historic House Hotels, Bodyscallen Hall and Midddlethorpe Hall, in September 2008
Makers and roles
Joseph Boze (Martigues c.1745 - Paris 1826), artist after Alexander Kucharski (Warsaw 1741 - Paris 1819) , artist