Lot n° 17
Estimation :
2000 - 3000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 3 900EUR
François CLOUET (1520–1572), circle of - Lot 17
François CLOUET (1520–1572), circle of
Portrait of Charles IX
Oil on panel.
H_18 cm W_11.5 cm
(Oxidized varnish, restorations).
Related works:
- François Clouet (1520–1572), Portrait of the Child King, history section, Artcurial, February 9, 2021, lot 112
- Attributed to Léonard Limosin (1505–1577), Portrait of the Dauphin, future King Francis II, ca. 1553/1555, painted enamel, Louvre-Lens, Inv. No. 1253
- François Clouet (1520–1572), portrait of the young king, c. 1560, black chalk and red chalk, BnF, reserve NA-22(11)
- Circle of François Clouet (1520–1572), Portrait of Charles IX, November 9, 2025, Lot 64.
Our portrait draws on iconography found in the works of François Clouet and his circle. It bears a particular resemblance to a portrait of his brother, François II, also attributed to François Clouet’s circle and sold
at auction by Osenat on November 9, 2025, lot 64.
Stylistically very similar depictions of different monarchs were common during this period and attest to the continuity of the models developed by court portraitists amid rapid changes in leadership. The accidental death of Henry II during the tournament on Rue Saint-Antoine in 1559 ushered in a particularly unstable period of succession.
His eldest son, Francis II, succeeded him but died in 1560, after barely more than a year on the throne. His brother Charles IX, aged only ten, then ascended the throne under the regency of his mother, Catherine de’ Medici. His reign, deeply marked by the Wars of Religion, ended prematurely in 1574. The crown then passed to Henry III, the last son
of Henry II to reign and the last sovereign of the Valois dynasty.
Our painting is unique in that it combines the portrait of the monarch with a trompe-l’œil painted bas-relief, situated in the lower part of the composition.
Expert: Artéon
Expert: Quentin BONNEFOY - Artéon
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