17th century FRENCH school, workshop of Pierre MIGNARD Bust portrait of Louis XIV (1638 - 1715) Oval canvas 68.5 x 57 cm Carved and gilded wood frame Bearing exhibition numbers "392" and "184" and "188" on the reverse of the stretcher; inscribed in pen on a label affixed to the reverse of the stretcher "Largilliere . 700 / Louis XIV in gilt armour - three quarters length, oval. 25 in: heigh (/ Bernal's Sale)." Old restorations Provenance : Bernal's Collection Sale, London, March 5, 1855, no. 700 (Largilliere, Louis XIV, in gilt armour; and his queen); Anonymous sale, London, Phillips, July 7, 1992, no. 159 A (Pierre Mignard et atelier en pendant avec le Portrait d'Anne d'Autriche); Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot (Me Picard), April 11, 1995, no. 9 (Mignard et son atelier, en pendant avec le Portrait d'Anne d'Autriche. 100,000 fr both). Sartiges Collection, Paris