FLEMISH SCHOOL
NEW BOND STREET LONDON
ANTIQUE PROVENANCE: CHÂTEAU DE VILLEBON (EURE ET LOIRE, FRANCE)
DESCENDING FROM GRAND SULLY, THE MINISTER OF HENRY IV, MAXIMILIEN DE BÉTHUNE APPEARS TO US AT A YOUNG AGE. DRESSED IN SOBER ARMOR CHARACTERISTIC OF PORTRAITS FROM THE TIME, HE EMBODIES THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER PASSED DOWN FROM HIS FATHER. HIS IS A FACE OF ECCENTRIC YOUTH, EMERGING FROM THIS DARK, VAGUELY JANSENIST PORTRAIT. THIS YOUTH, ON THE CUSP OF THE GREAT CENTURY, ECHOES WITH WHAT HEDI SLIMANE PURSUES AND DOCUMENTS TIRELESSLY TODAY.
PORTRAIT DE MAXIMILIEN DE BETHUNE, DUC DE SULLY
FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
H. 100.50 CM L. 81.50 CM