Tender Bonds: Children in Renaissance Art

Louis XV (1710–1774) as a Child

Gallery 522 · Hyacinthe Rigaud · ca. 1716–24 · Met web page

Hyacinthe Rigaud's portrait of Louis XV as a child shows the five-year-old king in full royal regalia, commissioned by the regent for the palace of Versailles.

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Louis XV (1710–1774) as a Child by Hyacinthe Rigaud

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