Artist: Anonymous artist.
Title: Henri II d'Orléans, Duc de Longueville or Henri de Valois-Longueville (1595 - 1663), a legitimated prince of France (of royal descent) and peer of France, was a major figure during the Fronde and served as governor of, then of Normandy. He was married to the sister of the second portrayed person:
Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1629 – 1666), was a French nobleman, the younger son of Henri II, Prince of Condé, and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, daughter of Henri I, Duke of Montmorency. He was the brother of le Grand Condé and Anne Geneviève, Duchess of Longueville. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a Prince du Sang.
Titled: Longueville, (Henri d'Orleans IIe du nom Duc de) ✝1663. Conty (Armand de Bourbon, prince de) ✝1666.
Dimensions: Images (either) 4 3/8" x 3 3/8". Sheet 12 1/2" x 17 3/4".
Publisher: [Embossed seal of] Calcographie du Louvre. Musees Nationaux.
Date: 1830s.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on wove paper. Hand-colored.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: "Galeries Historiques de Versailles" series, 1838-45.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: French School XIX C.