Sunday, 2 October 2022

Duke of Orléans portrait restored

 The Town Hall in Orléans, Cap Cod, has put on display a newly restored painting of the Duke of Orléans, lately rescued from the basement.



I'm bemused by this one.  Surely this portrait can't really be Louis Philippe II / Philippe Égalité, as they say??  The costume is far too early.  Looks much more like the Regent, Philippe II (1674-1723) to me.

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