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The Young Louis XV at Versailles
Philippoteaux, Félix Henri Emmanuel, born 1815 - died 1884 - Enlarge image
The Young Louis XV at Versailles
- Object:
Oil painting
- Place of origin:
Paris (painted)
- Date:
1870s (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Philippoteaux, Félix Henri Emmanuel, born 1815 - died 1884 (painter (artist))
- Materials and Techniques:
Oil on panel
- Credit Line:
Given by F. R. Bryan
- Museum number:
1581-1904
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Felix Philippoteaux (1815-1884) was born in Paris where he trained with Léon Coignet (1794-1880). He soon specialised in history and portrait paintings and started exhibiting at the Salon in 1833. He also produced battle scenes, some of them in a panorama format with the assistance of his son Paul Dominique Philippoteaux (1846-1876), who would be at the forefront of a new generation of panorama painters. Félix Philippoteaux was awarded the Légion d'honneur in 1846.
This painting was probably intended as a book illustration and shows the young Louis XV with the Regent, Duke of Orleans, on the staircase of the Ambassadors in Versailles. More famous for his battle scenes and his Orientalist genre paintings, Philippoteaux was also praised as a book illustrator.