Prince Louis II de Condé, Prince de Bourbon, 'Le Grand Condé' (1621-1686), miscalled the 2nd Earl Rivers
studio of Justus van Egmont (Leyden 1601 - Antwerp 1674)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1658 - circa 1660
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
813 x 698 mm (32 x 27 1/2 in)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire
NT 343173
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Prince Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, 'Le Grand Condé' (1621-1686), miscalled the 2nd Earl Rivers, studio of, or after Justus van Egmont (1601-1674), circa 1658/60. A half-length portrait of the son of Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, turned towards the left and looking out at the spectator. He wears a long, brown curled wig and a thin moustache. His right arm is half extended in front of him. He wears armour and a white linen collar at his throat. A blue silk sash with a gold edge hangs across his body from his right shoulder. The ribbon of an Order over his left shoulder has been painted out. He stands against a plain brown background. His father was a first cousin-once-removed of Henry IV, the King of France, and his mother was an heiress of one of France's leading ducal families. He married Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé, niece of Cardinal Richelieu at the Palais Royal in Paris February 1641 in the presence of Louis XIII, Anne of Austria and Gaston d'Orléans.
Makers and roles
studio of Justus van Egmont (Leyden 1601 - Antwerp 1674), artist French School, artist after Justus van Egmont (Leyden 1601 - Antwerp 1674), artist