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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
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Prints / PR4948

Le Duc de Bourgogne

Artist: Anonymous,

circa 1730-1780
Engraving on laid paper mounted on laid paper

150 x 90 mm.
Gift: Frederick William Rudler Collection via the care of Adriano Vincentelli 2019

The "Petit Dauphin", eldest son of Louis, le Grand Dauphin and grandson of Louis XIV. Married Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy (7 December 1697), who bore him the future Louis XV (q.v.). Briefly succeeded his father as Dauphin in 1711-12, but died before Louis XIV did, and never reigned. From a folder of loose engravings entitled 'University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Department French Language and Literature. Portraits. From the F. W. Rudler Collection'.





 
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