French school circa 1665-1670, entourage of Joseph WERNER (B - Lot 119

French school circa 1665-1670, entourage of Joseph WERNER (Bern 1637 - 1710) Portrait of Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse of Austria with the Grand Dauphin, dressed as ancient divinities Gouache on vellum 19.5 x 22.5 cm. On the back, label with ink inscriptions probably dating probably from the late 17th century: "Portrait de Louis, de Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche, de Louis, surnommé le Grand Painted by Pierre Mignard [...] Premier peintre du Roi en 1640". Related work: - Anonymous French, circa 1670, Louis XIV and Maria Theresa of Austria, King and Queen of France, with their son the Grand Dauphin, gouache on vellum vellum, 19.3 x 22.5 cm, Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. NV1876-33-1. A rare and moving effigy of the royal couple with their first-born their first-born, all dressed in antique style, echoing Jean Nocret's masterpiece by Jean Nocret, commissioned by Monsieur, the king's brother: "Louis XIV and the royal family" (Versailles, Musée National des châteaux de Versailles et Trianon, inv. MV 2157). The king is dressed in antique style and holds a lyre, associating him with the god Apollo, the Sun. Apollo, the Sun. For Louis XIV, the sun, the center of the universe, is "the most vivid and most beautiful image of a great monarch". Apollo, god of the of the sun, the arts and harmony, combines all the virtues necessary for the king, the guarantor of order and stability in the kingdom. The queen is represented in the form of the goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter, whose attribute is the lily, shown here in a pot to her right. to her right. The Dauphin is represented as Hymenaeus, son of Apollo and god of marriage. His attributes are the torch of Love, wings, quiver of arrows, bow and laurel wreath.