Antique 18thC Royal French Oil Painting Portrait Elizabeth Madame Palatine 1780 by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, 1780

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Important large 18th century French oil on canvas royal portrait of Princess Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatine, wife of Philippe … Read more Important large 18th century French oil on canvas royal portrait of Princess Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatine, wife of Philippe I of France, painted in the Rococo style by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié (1735-1784), circa 1780.

This fine exquisite portrait was painted by the highly influential 18th century painter and professor of art at the Academie Royale in Paris, Nicolas Bernard Lépicié. The portrait depicts Princess Elizabeth Charlotte (1652-1722), she is shown seated, wearing an elegant teal colored gown with a red mantle garment around her shoulders, her hair worn high as was the fashion in the very early 18th century Régence period.
The painting is housed in the original gilded frame and has a plaque with the artist's name and dates to the base. Whilst the painting is circa 1780 it depicts the princess almost a century earlier. This very beautiful portrait is in very good condition, it has not been relined and is clean and ready to hang and grace your wall.

Artist Biography
Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié was the son of the Parisian printmaker François- Bernard Lépicié, from whom he received his first lessons before entering the studio of the painter Carle Vanloo. In 1759 he won the second prize in the Prix de Rome although he never traveled to Italy. In 1769 he entered the Académie Royale, presenting Achilles and the Centaur Chiron (Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie, Troyes), and a few years later, in 1777, he was appointed professor at that institution. During this phase Lépicié achieved a solid reputation as a history painter, which allowed him to participate in numerous royal projects. Between 1769 and 1771 he painted Narcissus turned into a Flower and Adonis turned into an Anemone by Venus for the Petit Trianon (a Neoclassical chateau in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles, built by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in 1772). For the Military School in Paris he painted a history painting of Saint Louis imparting Justice. On the commission of the Count of Angiviiller, director of the King’s Works, he produced tapestry cartoons for the Gobelins Royal Tapestry Manufactory.
Lepicie's work is housed in some of the most important international galleries and museums on the planet, including; The Louvre Paris, The Metropolitan Museum of Art NY, The national Gallery of Art Washington DC, The Prado Museum Madrid, Pushkin State Museum Moscow, Stadel Museum Germany, The British Museum London.


At Sight Measurements
Height 36.50"
Width 28.50" See less