Lot 2541 D α

Caspar Netscher, copy after - Madame de Montespan, playing the Harp

Auction 1197 - overview Cologne
21.05.2022, 16:00 - Old Masters and 19th Century Part II
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €

Caspar Netscher, copy after

Madame de Montespan, playing the Harp

Oil on canvas (relined). 48 x 37.5 cm.

After the painting on copper of the same dimensions by Netscher currently housed in the Dresdener Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (inv. no. 1351).
Madame de Montespan (Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise de Montespan) was, as of 1667, first the secret and then the official mistress (Maîtresse en titre) of the "sun king" Louis XIV, with whom she had seven children.