Circle of Jacob JORDAENS (1593-1678, Flemish)

Circle of Jacob JORDAENS (1593-1678, Flemish)

King Louis XIV schooling a pony aged 8

oil on canvas

49 x 35 inches including frame

Price: Sold

Provenance: 
Christie’s 11th Feb. 1911; sold by Alexander Casella – bought by the collector Marchalis

This mid-seventeenth century oil, showing the boyhood Louis XIV, closely relates to a series of cartoons executed by Jacob Jordaens in around 1645, entitled The Riding School. The tapestries that were subsequently made from these now hang in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.