Old World Portraits
Portrait of the Marquise de Villequier
Unknown Artist
A striking 17th-century portrait of the Marquise de Villequier in elaborate courtly attire.
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans
Unknown Artist
1660 · Oil Paint, Canvas
An elegant 17th-century French portrait featuring a noblewoman in elaborate dress with vibrant red accents.
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Where it works
A grounded artwork with confident presence in a warmer tonal register — brings a composed sense of weight.
- Often works in
- Dining Room · Study · Living Room
- Placement
- Reads best as a confident vertical anchor
- Walls
- Reads clearly against pale walls or deeper settings
- Color notes
- Charcoal black, Soft gray, Soft white
About the piece
This 1660 oil portrait depicts Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, the Duchess of Montpensier, known as 'La Grande Mademoiselle.' Dressed in shimmering silver satin with a dramatic red wrap and a feathered headdress, she is presented with attributes suggesting a pastoral or mythological allegory, common in aristocratic portraiture of the period.
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