French 17 Century Louis XIV Period Oil portrait in an oval on a rectangular wood panel of a nobleman wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece. Height 14 inches (35.5 cm.) X width 10 inches (25.5 cm.).

Age related wear to painted surface with craquelure, paint flaking to sides and edges, shrinkage lines and warping to wood. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. We do not carry out in-depth research of the sort carried out by professional historians and scholars, and any statements made by us orally or in writing about any lot concerning attribution to an artist, provenance, period, materials, origin, history, or dates represent an opinion of Eddie's Auction and are not to be relied on as a statement of fact. Such opinions serve for informative purposes only and do not constitute historic or academic scholarship on the works and do not aim to substitute or contradict any such scholarship.